ketill

See also: Ketill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ketill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛːtɪtl/

Noun

ketill m (genitive singular ketils, nominative plural katlar)

1. kettle
2. boiler

Synonyms

• (boiler): gufuketill

Derived terms

• falla allur ketill í eld (to become stupefied, to be thunderstruck)
• hraðsuðuketill (electric kettle)
• teketill (teapot)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *katilaz, whence also Finnish kattila, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils) and Old English ċietel; an early loan in Germanic from Latin catillus, diminutive of catīnus and in Slavic languages (compare Russian котёл (kotjól)).

Noun

ketill m (genitive ketils, plural katlar)

1. kettle
2. helmet

Declension

  Declension of ketill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ketill	ketillinn	katlar	katlarnir
accusative	ketil	ketilinn	katla	katlana
dative	katli	katlinum	kǫtlum	kǫtlunum
genitive	ketils	ketilsins	katla	katlanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: ketill
• Faroese: ketil
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjele, kjel

  Nynorsk: kjele, kjel, kjêle, kjêl

• Swedish: kætil
  • Swedish: kättil, kittel
• Elfdalian: ketil
• Old Danish: kiæthæl
  • Danish: kedel
• Gutnish: kättl, kätel, kätil, kätul
• → Middle English: ketel (conflated with Old English cytel, cetel)
  • English: kettle (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: kettle, kittle

References

• “ketill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press