"ketel" meaning in Middle English

See ketel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛtəl/, /ˈkitəl/, /ˈtʃɛtəl/, /ˈtʃitəl/ Forms: ketels [plural], chetel [alternative], chetill [alternative], chetyle [alternative], chitel [alternative], ketell [alternative], ketil [alternative], ketyl [alternative], ketylle [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English ċietel and possibly reinforced by cognate Old Norse ketill, both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, from Late Latin catīllus. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:ċietel|:influence|non:ketill}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "small bowl", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "food-vessel", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "substrate", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qfa-sub" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ket-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "catīnus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-lus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "catīllus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*katilaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*katil", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "ċietel", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "ketill", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "non" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "ketel", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="ketel">, {{inh|enm|ang|ċietel}} Old English ċietel, {{bor|enm|non|ketill}} Old Norse ketill, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*katilaz}} Proto-Germanic *katilaz, {{der|enm|la-lat|catīllus}} Late Latin catīllus Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} ketel, {{enm-noun|ketels}} ketel (plural ketels)
  1. A pot used to boil food in; a kettle. Synonyms: caudroun Derived forms: ketil-hat

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "ketyl",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkitəl/"
    },
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    {
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