Where does “teakettler” come from?
teakettler (English) comes from English teakettle, from English kettle, from Middle English ketel, from Old English ċietel, from Proto-West Germanic *katil, from Proto-Germanic katilaz, from Latin catīllus, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
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Ancestry of “teakettler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | teakettle | A vessel for boiling water for tea |
| 2 | English | kettle | A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food,... |
| 3 | Middle English | ketel | A pot used to boil food in; a kettle |
| 4 | Old English | ċietel | kettle, cauldron |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *katil | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | katilaz | kettle, bucket, vessel |
| 7 | Latin | catīllus | — |
| 8 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |