Where does “babbel” come from?
babbel (Dutch) comes from Dutch babbelen, from Middle Dutch babbelen, from Old Dutch babbalon, from Proto-West Germanic *babalōn, from Proto-Germanic babalōną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰa-bʰa-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.
babbel (Dutch): a babble
Ancestry of “babbel”, step by step