Where does “babymat” come from?
babymat (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk baby, from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
babymat (Norwegian Nynorsk): baby food
Definitions
- baby food
Ancestry of “babymat”, step by step
babymat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk baby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | baby | a baby |
| 2 | English | baby | A very young human, particularly from birth to a... |
| 3 | Middle English | baby | A child or baby |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |