Where does “drollishness” come from?
drollishness (English) comes from English drollish, from English droll, from French drôle, from Middle French drolle, from Old French drolle, from Middle Dutch drol, from Old Norse trǫll, from Proto-Germanic truzlą — run; to run, escape.
drollishness (English): The quality of being drollish
Definitions
- The quality of being drollish
Ancestry of “drollishness”, step by step
drollishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English drollish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | drollish | Somewhat droll |
| 2 | English | droll | Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint... |
| 3 | French | drôle | funny, amusing; strange, weird, bizarre |
| 4 | Middle French | drolle | funny; amusing; joker |
| 5 | Old French | drolle | one who lives luxuriously; joker |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | drol | fat little man, goblin |
| 7 | Old Norse | trǫll | witch, mage, conjurer |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | truzlą | a supernatural being; demon; fiend; giant;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dreh₂- | run; to run, escape |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |