botn
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
botn m (genitive singular botns, nominative plural botnar)
- bottom (lowest part of something)
- the innermost part of a landform such as a valley or fjord
- the latter half of a verse
- buttocks
Declension edit
declension of botn
Further reading edit
- “botn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Doublet of bunn.
Noun edit
botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botner, definite plural botnene)
Alternative forms edit
- (bottom) bunn
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “botn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Akin to English bottom.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botnar, definite plural botnane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “botn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *butmaz.
Noun edit
botn m (genitive singular botns or boz, nominative plural botnar)
Declension edit
Declension of botn (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: botn
- Faroese: botnur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: botn
- → Norwegian Bokmål: botn
- Norwegian Bokmål: bånn
- Elfdalian: buottn
- Old Swedish: butn, botn
- Swedish: botten
- Old Danish: botn, bon
- Gutnish: buttn
References edit
- “botn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press