Kettle

Kettle
This interesting surname is English but ultimately of pre 7th century Old Norse origins. One of the very first or possibly even the first surname ever to be recorded, it derives from the Scandinavian personal name "Ketill", often used as a short form of various compound names such as Asketill and Arnkell. These names were composed of apparently disparate elements, although "ketill" itself has the unusual meaning of a sacrificial cauldron, whilst Asketill means "god-cauldron", from "oss", god, and Arnkell translates literally as "eagle cauldron", from "arn", eagle. Both are found in the modified surnames of today as Ashkettle, Haskell, Arkle and Arkley. The personal name Ketill is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 and appears several times as Chetel, Chitel, Ketel and Kitel, whilst the early development of the surname includes: Roger Chetel of Northamptonshire in 1180; Edricus Keteles of Suffolk in 1188; and Hulf Ketel in Norfolk in 1190. The modern surname can be found as Kettle, Kettel, Kettell, Kittel, Kittle and the patronymic forms Kettles, Kettless, Kells and Kettelson. Amongst the early examples of the surname recording in Elizabethan times is that of Edmund Kettle, listed in the Register of the University of Oxford for 1582 - 1583. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Grym Kytel. This was dated 972 a.d., in the famous "Anglo-Saxon Chronicles", during the reign of King Edgar of England, 959 - 975. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Kettle — ist der Familienname folgender Personen Charles Henry Kettle (1821−1862), Landvermesser, Planer und Politiker in Dunedin Ross Kettle (* 1961), US amerikanischer Schauspieler Rupert Alfred Kettle (1817−1894), englischer Richter kettle pentaho,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kettle — Ket tle (k[e^]t t l), n. [OE. ketel; cf. AS. cetel, cetil, cytel; akin to D. kjedel, G. kessel, OHG. chezzil, Icel. ketill, SW. kittel, Dan. kjedel, Goth. katils; all perh. fr. L. catillus, dim. of catinus a deep vessel, bowl; but cf. also OHG.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Kettle —    KETTLE, a parish, in the district of Cupar, county of Fife; including the villages of Balmalcolm, BanktonPark, Coalton, and Holekettle Bridge, and the hamlets of Muirhead and Myreside; and containing 2312 inhabitants, of whom 480 are in the… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • kettle — [ket′ l] n. [ME ketel < ON ketill, akin to OE cetel, Ger kessel, Goth katils, early Gmc loanword < L catillus, dim. of catinus, container for food] 1. a metal container for boiling or cooking things; pot 2. a teakettle 3. a kettledrum 4.… …   English World dictionary

  • kettle — (n.) O.E. cetil (Mercian), from L. catillus deep pan or dish for cooking, dim. of catinus bowl, dish, pot. A general Germanic borrowing (Cf. O.S. ketel, O.Fris. zetel, M.Du. ketel, O.H.G. kezzil, Ger. Kessel). Spelling with a k (c.1300) probably… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • kettle — [[t]ke̱t(ə)l[/t]] kettles 1) N COUNT A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of. [mainly BRIT] I ll put the kettle on and make us some tea. N COUNT: usu N of n A… …   English dictionary

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