Where does “baba” come from?

baba (Polish) comes from Turkish baba, from Ottoman Turkish بابا, from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا.

baba (Polish): woman; wife, girlfriend; a type of cake

Definitions

  1. woman; wife, girlfriend; a type of cake

Ancestry of “baba”, step by step

baba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish baba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbabafather; Saint
2Ottoman Turkishباباpapa, daddy, father
3Old Anatolian Turkishبَبَا—

via Old Polish baba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishbabagrandma
2Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
3Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman

Words derived from “baba”

Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا →