botn

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔhtn/

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

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

• “botn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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)

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

Alternative forms

• bunn (bottom)

Derived terms

• havbotn

References

• “botn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔtn̩/

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)

Derived terms

• havbotn

References

• “botn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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
  • Swedish: botten
• Old Danish: botn, bon
  • Danish: bund
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bunn
  • Scanian: bónð
• Gutnish: buttn

References

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