The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΝικόλαος
- Latin · derived fromNicolaus
- Swedish · borrowed fromNils
- Norwegian · borrowed fromNils
- English todayNels
Anglicization of Norwegian Nils and Swedish Nils, reflecting the pronunciation of the name among Scandinavian immigrants to North America, or matched to Nelson. Ultimately from Latin Nicolaus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
Words from the same roots
LatinNicolaus all →
Nicholas
Ancient GreekΝικόλαος all →
NicholasNikolaos
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.