Where does “nix” come from?

nix (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

nix (Latin): snow; white hair

Definitions

  1. snow; white hair

Ancestry of “nix”, step by step

nix traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic sniks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicsnikssnow
2Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow

via Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

Words derived from “nix”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs →