Where does “babacipő” come from?

babacipő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cipő, from Hungarian cipellő, from Hungarian cipellős, from Latin zipellus — a kind of footwear.

babacipő (Hungarian): baby shoes a small, soft covering for the foot meant to be worn by infants

Definitions

  1. baby shoes a small, soft covering for the foot meant to be worn by infants

Ancestry of “babacipő”, step by step

babacipő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian cipő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancipőshoe
2Hungariancipellőshoe
3Hungariancipellős—
4Latinzipellusa kind of footwear

via Hungarian bába

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbábamidwife; old woman; witch
2Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
3Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman
Every word from Latin zipellus →Every word from Hungarian cipellős →Every word from Hungarian cipellő →