the origin is German nickel ;Satan or old nick, also from kupfernick€:old nick copper or devis copper :)
WHERE DID nickel GET ITS NAME FROM ( the guys before me spelt nickel wrong)
The name "nickel" comes from a German word, "kupfernickel," which was used by miners to refer to a type of copper-colored ore that they were unable to extract copper from. The ore was later identified as containing a new element, which was named nickel.
The origin name for yttrium is ytterby.
Nickel is an element that has the same name as a US coin worth five cents.
Nickel is a German variant of the name Nicholas, ultimately Greek in origin meaning "victory of the people".
The silvery metallic element that ends with the letter "l" is "nickel."
Nickel is an element!
The US coin named after an element is the nickel. It is composed mainly of copper and nickel, hence the name.
A nickel is an element!
Nickel is an element.
Nickel is an element.
The element nickel shares its name with the American or Canadian 5 cent piece. This is because the coin was made out of that metal or its alloy. The element was named in 1751, by Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt who first isolated it. In the United States, the term "nickel" was first applied to coins in 1859.