nix
‘nothing’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. nix, nicks < G. nix ‘nothing’ < M.H.G. nihtes, niht, nit ‘nothing’ < O.H.G. niwiht < ni, ne ‘no’ + wiht ‘thing, creature’ < ni < ne- < Tamil al
nix
‘nothing’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. nix, nicks < G. nix ‘nothing’ < M.H.G. nihtes, niht, nit ‘nothing’ < O.H.G. niwiht < ni, ne ‘no’ + wiht ‘thing, creature’ < ni < ne- < Tamil al
English words derived from Tamil al connoting 'negation'