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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Doublet of bunn.
Noun
botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botner, definite plural botnene)
- a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)
- bottom
Alternative forms
Derived terms
References
- “botn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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)
- bottom
- a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)
Derived terms
References
- “botn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *butmaz.
Noun
botn m (genitive singular botns or boz, nominative plural botnar)
- bottom
Declension
Declension of botn (strong a-stem)
Descendants
References
- “botn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press