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Old English · noun

botm

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/botm/
Syllables
botm (1 syllable)
Modern English
bottombottomebottonbumbuttomfoundationabyss

Meaning

  1. bottom; foundation

  2. ground

  3. abyss

Declension

Declension of botm
SingularPlural
Nominative botmbotmas
Accusative botmbotmas
Genitive botmesbotma
Dative botmebotmum

All forms (6)

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 (būnō, “bottom, ground”), Latin fundus (“bottom”). Doublet of bodan.

Descendants

bottom, bottome, botton, bum, buttom

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