bót

From Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”).

Cognates include Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”) whence Swedish bot (“fine”). Compare also Bót- in the names Bótey, Bóthildur and Bótólfur, Swedish Boel and Bodil and Danish Bodil. Related to Proto-Germanic *batiz (“good; better”), itself ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“improve, make better”) (sometimes reconstructed as **bʰ(e)Hd-).

• IPA^(key): /pouːt/

  Rhymes: -ouːt

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

1. betterment, improvement, cure
2. patch

• í þokkabót

• bati
• betri
• bæta
• bæting

From Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the loanword bugt.

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

1. bight, cove, inlet, a small bay

• knésbót
• hnésbót
• olnbogabót

• baugur
• bjúgur
• bogi
• bugt
• bugur

• dalbotn
• hvilft
• vík
• vogur

• “bót” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwot/
• Syllabification: bót

bót m inan

1. boot
   • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎, page 11:

     Szczescé, że Remus mô svoje botë na nogach.

     Lucky, Remus has his bots on.

2. shoe

• “bót”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “but”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔk̚˦˥]

From French brosse.

bót

1. (dated) brush (used for cleanup)

• bàn chải

• bót đánh răng ("toothbrush")

bót

1. (dated) police station
   • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 367:

     Rất nhanh chóng, cò Bazin quay trở lại bót Catinat, với tâm thế sục sôi rửa hận.

     Very quickly, superintendent Bazin returned to the Catinat police station, his heart boiling over with vengeance.