Troll
German (Berlin)
/trɔl/
noun
Definitions
- (mythology) troll
- (colloquial) an ugly or boorish person
- (Internet) troll
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish trold (magic, troll) borrowed from Swedish troll derived from Old Norse trǫll (conjurer, mage, witch) derived from Proto-Germanic *truzlą (creature which walks clumsily, giant, fiend, a supernatural being, monster, demon) derived from English troll (grotesque creature which lives in hills under bridges, person who provokes others for personal amusement to cause disruption).
Origin
English
troll
Gloss
grotesque creature which lives in hills under bridges, person who provokes others for personal amusement to cause disruption
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wintroll English
- backtroll English
- countertroll English
- troll English
- trollable English
- trollage English
- trollbuddy English
- trollee English
- troller English
- trollery English
- trollface English
- trollfic English
- trollicious English
- trollish English
- trollism English
- trollist English
- trollistic English
- trollitis English
- trollkind English
- trolllike English
- trollsome English
- trolltard English
- weretroll English
- trulli Finnish
- Trulla German
- trollare Italian
- trollen Dutch, Flemish
- troll French
- trolear Spanish, Castilian
- *derǝ- Proto-Indo-European
- troll Norwegian Bokmål
- *truzlą Proto-Germanic
- troll Swedish
- trolla Swedish
- trollkona Swedish
- trollslända Swedish
- troll Polish
- troll Norwegian Nynorsk
- trollheim Norwegian Nynorsk
- troll Old Norse
- trǫll Old Norse
- arrigtrold Danish
- trold Danish
- trolddom Danish
- troldmand Danish
- troldspejl Danish
- tröll Icelandic
- โทรลล์ Thai
- drol Middle Dutch
- trøll Faroese
- טרול Hebrew (modern)
- 트롤 Korean
- tröll Westrobothnian
- troll Norwegian
- trøll Scanian