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English word bottom comes from Proto-Germanic *butmaz (Abyss. Bottom; foundation. Ground.)

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*butmaz (Proto-Germanic)

Abyss. Bottom; foundation. Ground.

bodan (Old English)

Abyss. Bottom. Ground, foundation.

bothum (Middle English)

bottom (English)

The lowest or last place or position. (intransitive) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.. (intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded.. (obsolete, transitive) To wind round something, as in making a ball of [...]

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