English
Torquil
Torquil comes from Scottish Gaelic Torcall, and goes back to Old Norse Þorkell.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Þorkell
- Scottish GaelicmodernTorcall
- EnglishtodayTorquil
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Þorkell
- Scottish GaelicmodernTorcall
- EnglishtodayTorquil
A compound of Þórr ‘Thor’ + ketill ‘(sacrificial) cauldron’
Proto-Germanic *Þunraz
Proto-Norse *þonaraz
Old Norse Þórr ‘Thor’
Latin catīnus ‘bowl, basin’
Latin catīllus ‘small bowl’
Proto-Germanic *katilaz ‘kettle, bucket, vessel’
Old Norse ketill ‘(sacrificial) cauldron’
The story
Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Torcall, from Old Norse Þorkell, from older Þorketill, from Þórr (‘Thor’) + ketill (‘(sacrificial) cauldron’).
Every English word from Old Norse Þorkell
Today it means
name A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Þorkell / Torquil