Where does “baboe” come from?

baboe (Dutch) comes from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ, from Kawi babu, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (ʔ)boʔ — mother.

baboe (Dutch): a female babysitter, usually of Indonesian...

Definitions

  1. a female babysitter, usually of Indonesian...

Ancestry of “baboe”, step by step

baboe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦧꦧꦸmother
2Kawibabu—
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(ʔ)boʔmother

via Hindi बाबू

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiबाबूpapa, father; clerk; sir, mister
2Ashokan Prakrit?????-—

Words derived from “baboe”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (ʔ)boʔ →Every word from Kawi babu →Every word from Javanese ꦧꦧꦸ →