Nyyrikki

Finnish Etymology fi root fi ikki. Older names include Nyrkes (attested as Nyrckes [Agricola 1551]), Nyrkys, Nyrkis. The word was probably adapted into the aforementioned suffix for poetic reasons. Krohn (1914) considers the name to originate from a variant of fi Jyrki (Saint George).Kaarle Krohn: Suomalaisten runojen uskonto. 1914-15. Harva (1948) rejects this and claims origin from a lost term perhaps originally meaning "squirrel".Uno Harva: Suomalaisten muinaisusko. 1948. Haavio (1959) in turn thinks -lk- instead of -rk- - so Nylkys - might have been original. This would in turn originate from fi nylkeä to skin, flay, a byname given to Saint Bartholomew due to his fate (Nylky-Bartolomeus).Martti Haavio: Karjalan jumalat. 1959. The given name was adopted from the Kalevala, and was first proposed in 1865. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Finnish mythology A forest spirit, son of Tapio in the Kalevala. 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 32:287-288: fi Nyyrikki, Tapion poika, / Siniviitta viian poika! Nyyrikki, thou son of Tapio, / Bushland fellow in blue jacket! fi rare fi male Declension Nyyri kk k ä Statistics dvv_20250813 55 7 References