Where does “bába” come from?

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

bába (Old Czech): grandmother

Definitions

  1. grandmother

Ancestry of “bába”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic baba →