English

hardbottom

From hard + bottom.

A compound of hard + bottom

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)

Old English heard ‘hard’

Middle English hard

English hard

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn

Proto-Germanic *butmaz ‘bottom’

Proto-West Germanic *butm

Old English botm ‘bottom’

Middle English botme

Today it means

noun A hard seafloor, typically a layer of sand covering rock.

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

Etymograph / hardbottom