troll
Swedish
/trɔlː/
noun
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
- 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
- Troll German
- Trulla German
- trollare Italian
- trol Dutch, Flemish
- trollen Dutch, Flemish
- troll French
- trollesque French
- trolear Spanish, Castilian
- *derǝ- Proto-Indo-European
- troll Norwegian Bokmål
- trollkjerring Norwegian Bokmål
- *truzlą Proto-Germanic
- kona Swedish
- slända Swedish
- trolla Swedish
- trollkarl Swedish
- trollkona Swedish
- trollkonst Swedish
- trollmos Swedish
- trollslända Swedish
- troll Polish
- troll Norwegian Nynorsk
- trollheim Norwegian Nynorsk
- trollkjerring Norwegian Nynorsk
- troll Old Norse
- trǫll Old Norse
- arrigtrold Danish
- trold Danish
- trolddom Danish
- troldmand Danish
- troldspejl Danish
- trolo Esperanto
- tröll Icelandic
- โทรลล์ Thai
- drol Middle Dutch
- trøll Faroese
- טרול Hebrew (modern)
- 트롤 Korean
- tröll Westrobothnian
- troll Norwegian
- trøll Scanian