ketill

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Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse ketill.

Noun [edit]

ketill m (genitive singular ketils, plural katlar)

  1. a kettle
  2. a boiler

Declension [edit]

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

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Old Norse [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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).

Noun [edit]

ketill m

  1. kettle

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ According to ODS: "eng. kettle laant fra nord.", English kettle borrowed from Norse
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