An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/drollig

by Friedrich Kluge

drollig, adj., ‘droll, ludicrous, queer,’ simply ModHG. from LG. drullig, Du. drollig; E. droll (subst. and adj.), also adj. drollish; Fr. drôle, ‘droll, merry.’ None of these are recorded in the older periods of the several languages, hence their origin (Rom.? Teut.?). is obscure. The derivation from the Scand. name trǫll applied to ghostly monsters is improbable, for in the Scand. dialects the word has an initial t while the. ModHG. drollig and its cognates have d.