Where does “babka” come from?

babka (English) comes from Yiddish באַבקע, from Polish babka, from Old Polish babka, from Proto-Slavic babъka — grandmother; old lady.

babka (English): A Central and Eastern European coffee cake...

Definitions

  1. A Central and Eastern European coffee cake...

Ancestry of “babka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבאַבקעbabka cake
2Polishbabkababka; grandmother; woman
3Old Polishbabkaplantain; greater plantain
4Proto-Slavicbabъkagrandmother; old lady
Every word from Proto-Slavic babъka →Every word from Old Polish babka →Every word from Polish babka →