Icelandic

Proper noun

Ketill m

1. A male given name

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

ketill m ‎(genitive singular ketils, nominative plural katlar)

1. a kettle
2. a boiler

Declension

Derived terms

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

Synonyms

• (boiler): gufuketill

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

ketill m

1. kettle

Descendants

References

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