Where does “babacsörgő” come from?

babacsörgő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bába, from Proto-Slavic baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ — old woman.

babacsörgő (Hungarian): (baby) rattle a baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken

Definitions

  1. (baby) rattle a baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken

Ancestry of “babacsörgő”, step by step

babacsörgő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian bába

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbábamidwife; old woman; witch
2Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
3Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman

via Hungarian csörgő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancsörgőpresent participle of csörög; rattling; rattle
2Hungarian-ő-ing. Added to a verb to form the present...
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic baba →Every word from Hungarian bába →