Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/truzlą
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *trullą
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtruz.lɑ̃/
Noun
*truzlą n
- a supernatural being; demon; fiend; giant; monster
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *truzlą | *truzlō |
| vocative | *truzlą | *truzlō |
| accusative | *truzlą | *truzlō |
| genitive | *truzlas, *truzlis | *truzlǫ̂ |
| dative | *truzlai | *truzlamaz |
| instrumental | *truzlō | *truzlamiz |
Derived terms
- *truzlijaną
- *truzlōną
Descendants
- Old High German: *trollo
- Old Norse: troll, trǫll
- Icelandic: tröll
- Faroese: trøll
- Norwegian Nynorsk: troll; (dialectal) trøll
- Norwegian Bokmål: troll
- Old Swedish: trol, trul
- Scanian: trøll
- Danish: trold
- → German: Troll (influenced by dialectal word above)
- → English: troll; trollop
- → Middle Low German: *drolle
- → Middle Dutch: drolle, drol
- → Dutch: trol; troel