Lub npe "nickel" muaj nws keeb kwm hauv German lo lus "Kupfernickel," uas txhais tau tias "tooj liab-nickel." Lo lus "Kupfer" txhais tau hais tias tooj liab, thiab "Nickel" yog muab los ntawm "Nikolaus," hais txog kev ua phem rau sprite lossis goblin hauv German lus dab neeg uas tau ntseeg tias ua si dag rau cov miners. Lub npe tshwm sim nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 18th thaum cov miners nyob rau hauv Sweden tau ntsib ib tug npib tsib xee ore uas zoo li tooj liab ore tab sis tsis tuaj yeem tawm tau tooj liab, ua rau kev ntseeg tias nws yog ib qho khoom dag.
- Cov ntsiab lus keeb kwm: Lub npe qhia txog cov pob zeb hauv av pib nrog tooj liab. Thaum cov miners nrhiav tau nickel-muaj ores, lawv yuam kev xav tias lawv nrhiav tau tooj liab ores tab sis tsis muaj peev xwm rho tooj liab los ntawm lawv.
- Element Discovery: Nickel tau raug cais tawm raws li qhov sib txawv hauv xyoo 1751 los ntawm Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt. Nws lees paub tias nws yog cov hlau tshiab, cais los ntawm tooj liab, thiab tuav lub npe ib txwm muaj.
- Cim: Cov cim tshuaj rau nickel yog "Ni," uas yog muab los ntawm nws lub npe.
