Etymology

nicker

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nicker · noun, verb1

Imitative; from 1774.

nicker · noun, verb2

From nick + -er.

nicker · noun3

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*nikraz
  2. Old English · inherited fromnicor
  3. Middle English · inherited fromniker
  4. English todaynicker

From Middle English niker, from Old English nicor, from Proto-Germanic *nikraz. Cognate with German Nix (“water demon”) and German Nixe (“female water-spirit”); also related to Old Norse nykr (“water demon”) (see there for further descendants). Doublet of nix.

nicker · noun4

Mispronunciation of nigger.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishnicor all →

nicorknuckerOld Nick

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