An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kessel

by Friedrich Kluge

Kessel, masculine, ‘kettle, cauldron, boiler,’ from the equivalent Middle High German kęȥȥel, Old High German chęȥȥil, masculine; corresponding to Gothic katils, Old Icelandic ketell, Anglo-Saxon čytel, masculine, English kettle, and the equivalent Dutch ketel. This Old Teutonic word is usually derived from Latin catînus, ‘dish’ (Sanscrit kaṭhina, ‘dish’), or its diminutive catillus. Latin catînus is indicated by Old High German kęȥȥîn, chęȥȥî, Middle High German chęȥȥî (Alemannian) ‘kettle,’ Anglo-Saxon cęte, ‘cooking-pot.’ It is shown under Igel that Gothic katils can be derived from Latin catînus. Schüssel and Tisch may have been borrowed at the same period as Kessel. From Latin catînus are also derived the Romance terms, Portuguese cadinho and Tyrolean cadin, ‘wooden dish.’ From Teutonic, Old Slovenian kotilŭ, ‘kettle’ is derived.