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 (masculine)

	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)
3. the innermost part of a landform such as a valley or fjord

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “botn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive