Proto-Germanic

*truzlą

‘a supernatural being’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *truzlą.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *truzlą, most familiar first.

• troll ← trol
• droll ← drôle ← drolle ← drolle ← drol
• drow ← *drou ← draugr ← troll ← trǫll
• trow ← *drou ← draugr ← troll ← trǫll
• drollery ← drôlerie ← drôle ← drolle ← drolle
• trold ← troll ← troll

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *truzlą