Where does “nykr” come from?

nykr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic nikwiz-, from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ- — to wash.

nykr (Old Norse): a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes

Definitions

  1. a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes

Ancestry of “nykr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnikwiz-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneygʷ-to wash

Words derived from “nykr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nikwiz- →