English

hill-troll

From hill + troll.

A compound of hill + troll

Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‘top, hill, rock’

Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‘hill’

Proto-West Germanic *hulli ‘hill’

Old English hyll ‘hill’

Middle English hil ‘hill’

English hill

Proto-Germanic *truzlą ‘supernatural being’

Old Norse trǫll ‘conjurer, mage’

Middle English trol ‘demon (?)’

English troll

Today it means

noun A troll that lives in or under a hill.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hill-troll