hruo

troll

hruo noun "troll" (PE17:115)

hruo

noun. *wickedness

@@@ Helge Fauskanger suggests it may mean “troll”

Changes

• hrōn → hruo ✧ PE17/115

Cognates

• S. rhû “evil, wicked” ✧ PE17/115

Derivations

• √SRUG “*evil, wicked” ✧ PE17/115

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√srugu > hruo	[srugu] > [srugo] > [r̥ugo] > [r̥uɣo] > [r̥uo]	✧ PE17/115

Variations

• hrōn ✧ PE17/115 (hrōn)

torco

noun. Troll

Cognates

• S. Torog “Troll”