Where does “bapu” come from?

bapu (English) comes from Hindi बाप, from Sauraseni Prakrit ????, from Ashokan Prakrit Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/?????.

bapu (English): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “bapu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiबापfather
2Sauraseni Prakrit????—
3Ashokan PrakritReconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/?????—
Every word from Ashokan Prakrit Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/????? →Every word from Sauraseni Prakrit ???? →Every word from Hindi बाप →