Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/truzlą
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from *trudaną (“to tread, step on”) + *-ilą (agent suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*truzlą n
- a supernatural being; demon; fiend; giant; monster
Inflection
[edit]neuter a-stemDeclension of *truzlą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *truzlą | *truzlō | |
vocative | *truzlą | *truzlō | |
accusative | *truzlą | *truzlō | |
genitive | *truzlas, *truzlis | *truzlǫ̂ | |
dative | *truzlai | *truzlamaz | |
instrumental | *truzlō | *truzlamiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- 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