ketill

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ketill.

Pronunciation

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

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

References

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