English

teakettle

From tea + kettle.

A compound of tea + kettle

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la ‘leaf’

Hokkien 茶

Dutch thee

English tea

Middle English ketel ‘a pot used to boil food in’

Today it means

noun A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / teakettle