botn

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

botn m (genitive singular botns, nominative plural botnar)

  1. bottom (lowest part of something)
  2. the innermost part of a landform such as a valley or fjord
  3. the latter half of a verse
  4. buttocks

Declension

Declension of botn (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative botn botninn botnar botnarnir
accusative botn botninn botna botnana
dative botni botninum botnum botnunum
genitive botns botnsins botna botnanna

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Doublet of bunn.

Noun

botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botner, definite plural botnene)

  1. a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)
  2. bottom

Alternative forms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Akin to English bottom.

Pronunciation

Noun

botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botnar, definite plural botnane)

  1. bottom
  2. a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)
  3. the innermost part of a landform such as a valley or fjord

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Noun

botn m (genitive singular botns or boz, nominative plural botnar)

  1. bottom

Declension

  Declension of botn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative botn botninn botnar botnarnir
accusative botn botninn botna botnana
dative botni botninum botnum botnunum
genitive botns, boz botnsins, bozins botna botnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: botn
  • Faroese: botnur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: botn
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: botn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bånn
  • Elfdalian: buottn
  • Old Swedish: butn, botn
  • Old Danish: botn, bon
  • Gutnish: buttn

References

  • “botn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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