cietel

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *katil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi͜y.tel/

Noun

ċietel m

  1. kettle, cauldron

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ċietel ċietelas
accusative ċietel ċietelas
genitive ċieteles ċietela
dative ċietele ċietelum

Descendants

  • Middle English: ketel, chetel, chetill, chetyle, chitel, ketell, ketil, ketyl, ketylle (conflated with Old Norse ketill)
    • English: kettle (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: kettle, kittle