Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/truzlą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *trullą

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Assuming an alternative proto-form *trudlą, Sievers has suggested the term to be a nominal formation from *trudaną (“to tread, step on”), that is, "one who steps (on others)", while Orel tentatively suspects a relation to *trewą (“tree”) instead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtruz.lɑ̃/
• Rhymes: -uz.lɑ̃

Noun

*truzlą n

1. a supernatural being; demon; fiend; giant; monster

Inflection

Declension of *truzlą (neuter a-stem)

	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
  • Middle High German: trolle, trol (attested early 15th c.)
    • German: Troll, Trull, Trulle, Droll (dialectal; modern word chiefly from Norse)
      • ⇒ German: Trulla
• Old Norse: troll, trǫll
  • Icelandic: tröll
  • Faroese: trøll
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: troll; (dialectal) trøll, træll, traull, trøyll, trålj
  • Old Swedish: trol, trul
    • Swedish: troll
      • → French: troll, trollon
  • Scanian: trøll
  • Old Danish: trold
    • Danish: trold m or n (neuter commonly used by Norwegian authors)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: troll n
      • → German: Troll (influenced by dialectal word above)
  • → English: troll; trollop
  • → Middle Low German: *drolle
    • Low German: droll
      • → German: Droll
  • → Middle Dutch: drolle, drol
    • Dutch: drol
    • → Old French: drolle, draule
      • Middle French: drolle
        • French: drôle
        • → English: droll
  • → Dutch: trol; troel