Where does “botm” come from?

botm (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic butmaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

botm (Old English): bottom; foundation; ground; abyss

Definitions

  1. bottom; foundation; ground; abyss

Ancestry of “botm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbutmazbottom; foundation; ground; abyss
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “botm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →
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