The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29

Thurkettle is characteristic of Suffolk. Thirkettle, Thirtie Thurtle and Thur tell are the leading forms in Suffolk and Norfolk. where the family has been established for more than six centu- ries. Thirkield Is perhaps an Ameri- can variant The writer has not found it elsewhere so far as he recalls. This surname then in all its variant forms Signifies the son of Thorketill." :" This old personal name comes from the Scandinavian mythology and signifies
 'the kettle of Thor"
 Thor was the mighty god of thun- der, eldest son of odin. most power | full of gods and men, wielder of the mighty hammer. destroyer of the evil l spirits, the favorite deity of the North. ! His name is perpetuated in our Thurs- day. His implements and utensils were all famous, his spear and sword. | his hammer. his belt and his gauntlets ! and also his kettle. The famous ket- ! tie belonged to Hymir the giant, but Thor captured 1t from hiru and pre- scented 1t to the gods as a brewing. pot and yacrificiai vessel.
 As the spear, sword, helmet etc, so too, quaintly enough, the kettle gave rise to personal names. Ketyl was the Norwegian conqueror of the hebrides and founder of a long line of Jarls of the Western Isles. Another Ketyl was tOuhuot ot FShy Aohoos A1hAiAy st' Iceland.
 The name appears frequently in com position. rarely as the initial element of name, but usually as the deutero- | tn eme. After the tenth century 1t Is more often abbreviated Into keli, kel, kill or kle.
 The prototheme Is the Old Morse thorr "the God of Thunder" which Iis cognate with the Old High German ' co Tt1A T.OU German thunar, English thunder, Latin
 tonitru, thunder" and tonars, to thunder" Greek steno. ito moan. groan," Aeolic tennei, "to roar" Lith- uanian stencil and Old Slayonic sta- natl 'to groan," Cymric seinio, 'to
 sound" Afghan tana and Persian tun- dar, thunder" Sanskrit tanyatus and
 stanayitnus. thusder." tanyati and stanati, ito thunder.
 The deuterotheme is the old Morse
 ketell, Old High German chezzil, Gothic
 katils, Anglo-Saxon cytel. English kettle. The Teutonic word Is loaned I into Lithuanian as katilas, old Prus-
 sian catils, Old Slavonic kotiiu, all meaning kettle" The Teutonic Is it.
 self borrowed from the Latin catinus l"a dish," or from It's diminutive catil- \ lus. The Latin is cognate with the lGreek kotyIe. "a cup, socket" San-
 sIxrit catavalas, . ''a hollow, excava-
 tton."
 l T sEcCOrlkIe, sEaccsrauodaIe.
 The surname McC 1rkle. McCorkell
 McCorkill. McCorrik1e. MacCOrquodale
 MacCorcadale. Maccor :odale. MacQuor'
 codale. MacCorquydili, MacTorquil
 etc, is a contraction of an origin Mac
 Thor Ketill, 'the son Of Thorketel."
 Thorketel in Scotland became Tor uuil and from MacTorduil, the othei forms of the surname have been de-
 rived The name is frequent in Scot Hand, Ireland and the Isle of Man. The first eight of the foregoing forms ara
 all more or less common in Ireland
 The last six cited above are the formI more usually found in Scotland. Max
 corquydilI is found in the latter coun' try in ASA. Cergitil1 is the form Hound in the Book of the Dean of Lis more, about 1612.
 The Manx forms are interested ana
 illustrate also the Irish forms. Mac hCorkyiI is found in 140s: MacCorlCil in 1430; McCrokell and CorkelI in 1511 Edward Corkhill was one of Deem
 sters of Eanx. in 1892. Curkell Il found in 1882 in the Manx records; Cor