botnur
Faroese
noun
Definitions
- bottom
- the inner part of an inlet
- semicircular dale, open towards the sea
- sea bed
- patch for the eyes of animals
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse botn (floor, ground) inherited from Proto-Germanic *butmaz (ground).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*butmaz
Gloss
ground
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
地
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European
- botn Norwegian Bokmål
- *butmaz Proto-Germanic
- botn Norwegian Nynorsk
- bodan Old English
- botm Old English
- botn Old Norse
- bund Danish
- botn Icelandic
- bodam Old High German
- botnfiskur Faroese
- fiskur Faroese
- hav Faroese
- havsbotnur Faroese
- vág Faroese
- vágsbotnur Faroese
- bodom Old Saxon
- butn Old Swedish
- bodem Old Frisian
- botn Old Danish