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botm

botm

Old English

Noun

botm m

  1. bottom; foundation
  2. ground
  3. abyss

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *butmaz ‎(“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰm- ‎(“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 [script needed] ‎(būnō, “bottom, ground”), Latin fundus ‎(“bottom”).

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