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Nixie
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or Nix y, a female water-sprite. The word is adapted from Ger. Nixe, the male water-sprite being Nix. The general term covering both the male and female is "nicker," a kelpie. This also appears in Dutch nikker. The Old Teutonic nikus may be connected with the root which appears in Gr. vi-Etv or viIrret y, "to wash."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Nixie'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/n/nixie.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Nixie'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/n/nixie.html. 1910.
