botn

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔhtn/ === Noun === botn m (genitive singular botns, nominative plural botnar) bottom (lowest part of something) the innermost part of a landform such as a valley or fjord the latter half of a verse buttocks ==== Declension ==== === 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) a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion) 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) bottom a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion) 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) bottom ==== Declension ==== ==== 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