English

Västerbotten

Västerbotten comes from Swedish Västerbotten.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of väster ‘western’ + botten ‘bottom, basin’

Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps ‘night’

Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening, dusk’

Proto-Germanic *westraz ‘west, western’

Proto-Germanic *westrą ‘west’

Old Norse vestr ‘west, westwards’

Old Swedish væster

Swedish väster ‘western’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘deep’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ‘bottom’

Proto-Germanic *butmaz ‘bottom’

Old Norse botn ‘bottom’

Old Swedish butn

Swedish botten ‘bottom, basin’

Every English word from Swedish Västerbotten

name A historical province and county in northern Sweden.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.