Where does “Ostrobothnia” come from?
Ostrobothnia (English) comes from Swedish Österbotten, from Swedish botten, from Old Swedish butn, from Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic butmaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
Ancestry of “Ostrobothnia”, step by step
Words derived from “Ostrobothnia”