ketill
See also: Ketill
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ketill m (genitive singular ketils, nominative plural katlar)
Declension edit
declension of ketill
Synonyms edit
- (boiler): gufuketill
Derived terms edit
- falla allur ketill í eld (to become stupefied, to be thunderstruck)
- hraðsuðuketill (electric kettle)
- teketill (teapot)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
ketill m (genitive ketils, plural katlar)
Declension edit
Declension of ketill (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ketill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press