troll
French
noun
Definitions
- troll mythical being
Etymology
Derived from Swedish troll derived from Old Norse troll (troll, giant) derived from Proto-Germanic *truzlą (creature which walks clumsily, giant, fiend, a supernatural being, monster, demon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *derǝ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*derǝ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- troll English
- trulli Finnish
- Trulla German
- trollesque French
- *derǝ- Proto-Indo-European
- trollkjerring Norwegian Bokmål
- *truzlą Proto-Germanic
- troll Swedish
- trolla Swedish
- trollkona Swedish
- trollslända Swedish
- trollkjerring Norwegian Nynorsk
- troll Old Norse
- trǫll Old Norse
- trold Danish
- drol Middle Dutch
- troll Norwegian