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

Probably from *trudaną (“to tread, step on”) +‎ *-ilą (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtruz.lɑ̃/

Noun

*truzlą n

a supernatural being; demon; fiend; giant; monster

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension 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 (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
- Norwegian Bokmål: troll
- Westrobothnian: tröll, tråll, trull
- Old Swedish: trol, trul
  - Swedish: troll
    - → French: troll, trollon
- Scanian: trøll
- Danish: trold
  - → 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