trøll
Faroese
/tʰɹœtl/
noun
Definitions
- troll
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse trǫll (conjurer, mage, witch) derived from Proto-Germanic *truzlą (creature which walks clumsily, giant, fiend, a supernatural being, monster, demon).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*truzlą
Gloss
creature which walks clumsily, giant, fiend, a supernatural being, monster, demon
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- troll English
- Trulla German
- *derǝ- Proto-Indo-European
- troll Norwegian Bokmål
- *truzlą Proto-Germanic
- troll Swedish
- troll Norwegian Nynorsk
- trollheim Norwegian Nynorsk
- troll Old Norse
- trǫll Old Norse
- trold Danish
- tröll Icelandic
- drol Middle Dutch
- mjørkatrøll Faroese
- mjørki Faroese
- tröll Westrobothnian
- trøll Scanian