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Näcken

Näcken

See also: nacken and Nacken

Swedish

Proper noun

Näcken

  1. (folklore) Nix; a water creature in human form who, amongst other things, could lure people to drown in his river by his wonderful violin play

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Etymology

From Old Norse nykr, from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-.

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