Where does “bobba” come from?

bobba (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic bō-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — to say.

Ancestry of “bobba”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bobba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bō- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *babō →