nykr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-, cognates with the German Nix, Nixe and Nixie from the Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”) (English nicker) and Swedish Näcken.

Noun

nykr m (genitive nykrs, plural nykrar)

  1. (mythology) 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)

Declension
  Declension of nykr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nykr nykrinn nykrar nykrarnir
accusative nykr nykrinn nykra nykrana
dative nykri nykrinum nykrum nykrunum
genitive nykrs nykrsins nykra nykranna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: nykur
  • Faroese: nykur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nøkk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nykk
  • Swedish: näck, Näcken
    • → Finnish: näkki
    • → Estonian: näkk
  • Danish: nøkke
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