Nils
Swedish
proper noun
Etymology
Derived from Latin Nicolaus derived from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Νικόλαος
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Klaus Finnish
- Niilo Finnish
- Nikkilä Finnish
- Nikula Finnish
- Nicolaus Latin
- Nīcolāus Latin
- Sanctus, sanctus Latin
- sanctus, [Sanctus] Latin
- Nils German
- Claessen Dutch, Flemish
- Николай Russian
- Νικόλαος Ancient Greek
- λᾱός Ancient Greek
- νῑ́κη Ancient Greek
- *sunuz Proto-Germanic
- Nilsson Swedish
- Nioclás Irish
- Niels Danish
- Nils Danish
- Նիկոլ Armenian
- Niklāvs Latvian
- Nikolajs Latvian
- Koll Albanian
- ნიკოლოზი Georgian
- Микола Ukrainian
- Nings Westrobothnian
- Мікалай Belarusian
- Nils Norwegian
- Նիկողայոս Middle Armenian