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

Declension
declension of ketill
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ketill ketillinn katlar katlarnir
accusative ketil ketilinn katla katlana
dative katli katlinum kötlum kötlunum
genitive ketils ketilsins katla katlanna

Synonyms
  • (boiler): gufuketill

Derived terms

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
  • Elfdalian: ketil
  • Old Danish: kiæthæl
  • Gutnish: kättl, kätel, kätil, kätul
  • → Middle English: ketel (conflated with Old English cytel, cetel)

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