Where does “baba” come from?

baba (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic babô, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

baba (Old English): boy, child

Definitions

  1. boy, child

Ancestry of “baba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbabô—
2Proto-Germanicbō-A stem meaning "father, brother, close male...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰā-to say

Words derived from “baba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic babô →