Where does “baba-chłop” come from?

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

baba-chłop (Polish): tomboy, butch

Definitions

  1. tomboy, butch

Ancestry of “baba-chłop”, step by step

baba-chłop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish baba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbabawoman; wife, girlfriend; a type of cake
2Turkishbabafather; Saint
3Ottoman Turkishباباpapa, daddy, father
4Old Anatolian Turkishبَبَا—

via Polish chłop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishchłoppeasant; farmer; guy, man
2Old Polishchłoppeasant
3Proto-Slavicxolpъbondman, serf, peasant
Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بابا →Every word from Turkish baba →