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