troll
Norwegian
/trol/
noun-n1
Definitions
- troll supernatural being
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) 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
- Trulla German
- *derǝ- Proto-Indo-European
- -e- Norwegian Bokmål
- binde Norwegian Bokmål
- kjerring Norwegian Bokmål
- pille Norwegian Bokmål
- pilleskrukketroll Norwegian Bokmål
- rumpe Norwegian Bokmål
- rumpetroll Norwegian Bokmål
- skrukk Norwegian Bokmål
- trollbinde Norwegian Bokmål
- trollkjerring 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
- trøll Faroese
- tröll Westrobothnian
- trøll Scanian