From Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”).
Cognates include Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”) whence Swedish bot (“fine”). Compare also Bót- in the names Bótey, Bóthildur and Bótólfur, Swedish Boel and Bodil and Danish Bodil. Related to Proto-Germanic *batiz (“good; better”), itself ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“improve, make better”) (sometimes reconstructed as **bʰ(e)Hd-).
bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)
Declension of bót | ||||
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f-s3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bót | bótin | bætur | bæturnar |
accusative | bót | bótina | bætur | bæturnar |
dative | bót | bótinni | bótum | bótunum |
genitive | bótar | bótarinnar | bóta | bótanna |
From Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the loanword bugt.
bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)
Declension of bót | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
f-s3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bót | bótin | bætur | bæturnar |
accusative | bót | bótina | bætur | bæturnar |
dative | bót | bótinni | bótum | bótunum |
genitive | bótar | bótarinnar | bóta | bótanna |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
bót m inan
From Proto-Tai *ɓoːtᴰ. Cognate with Lao ບອດ (bǭt), Northern Thai ᨷᩬᨯ, Lü ᦢᦸᧆᧈ (ḃoad¹), Shan မွတ်ႇ (màut) or ဝွတ်ႇ (wàut), Ahom 𑜈𑜨𑜄𑜫 (bot), Thai บอด (bɔ̀ɔt). Compare Proto-Austronesian *buCa (whence Malay buta and Hiligaynon buta).
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