Talk:droll
Latest comment: 2 months ago by 2001:9E8:D482:1500:ED2:92FF:FED1:D909 in topic Etymology: troll unrelated
Related to the word drolatique, no?
Etymology: troll unrelated
[edit]Dutch drol is not from Old Norse troll, neither borrowed nor inherited. In either case, the change from t- to d- could not be explained.
de Vries and de Tollenaere ("Etymologisch Woordenboek") and Kluge ("Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache") state that Dutch drol is related to drillen ("to twist"). --2001:9E8:D482:1500:ED2:92FF:FED1:D909 13:20, 30 June 2024 (UTC)