nixie
nixie · nixies
Nixe
A female nix, a water-spiritA female nix, a water-spirit.
/ˈnɪksi/
Meaning
2 sensesA female nix, a water-spirit.
Nixe
A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
Translations
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By meaning 1
female water spirit:
Origin
From German Nixe, feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German niFrom German Nixe, feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).
From nix + -ie.
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