botm

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *botm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz (“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“earth, bottom”).

Cognate with Old Saxon bodom (“bottom”), Old High German bodam (“floor, bottom”), Old Norse botn (“floor, ground”), Old English bytme (“keel of a ship”), Sanskrit बुध्न (budhná, “bottom, ground”), Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬥𐬋 (būnō, “bottom, ground”), Latin fundus (“bottom”). Doublet of bodan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /botm/

Noun

botm m

1. bottom; foundation
2. ground
3. abyss

Declension

Declension of botm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	botm	botmas
accusative	botm	botmas
genitive	botmes	botma
dative	botme	botmum

Descendants

• Middle English: botme, botom, botome, bothom, bothum, botham, bothme, botym, bottum, butme, boþem
  • English: bottom, botton (dialectal)
    • → French: bottom
  • Scots: boddem, boddum, boddam, boddom, bottome
  • Yola: bothom
  • ⇒ Middle English: bum (syncopated)
    • English: bum
    • Scots: bum