German Nixe

← English nix (link)

← English nicker (link)

← Proto-Germanic *nikwus (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *nikwis (mention)

← Middle High German nixe (inherited)

← Old High German nicchessa (inherited)

← Old High German nichus (mention)

← Old High German nihhus (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (derived)

→ English nicker (cognate)

→ English nixie (derived)

→ Icelandic nykur (mention)

→ Dutch nix (borrowed)