botn

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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    Declension of botn
m-s1 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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Noun

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

  1. bottom

Declension

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Descendants

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  • 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

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