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

   Synonym: gufuketill

Declension

Declension of ketill (masculine)

	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

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, cauldron

   Synonym: hverr

2. baptismal font

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

Derived terms

• Hrafnketill, Hrafnkell
• Ulfketill, Ulfkell
• Þórketill, Þórkell

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ketill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive