Nyyrikki

Etymology
root. 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 (Saint George). Harva (1948) rejects this and claims origin from a lost term perhaps originally meaning "squirrel". Haavio (1959) in turn thinks -lk- instead of -rk- - so Nylkys - might have been original. This would in turn originate from, a byname given to Saint Bartholomew due to his fate (Nylky-Bartolomeus).

Proper noun

 * 1)  A forest spirit, son of Tapio in the Kalevala.
 * 2) * 1849 (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 32:287-288:
 * "fi"

- Nyyrikki, Tapion poika, / Siniviitta viian poika!