Where does “skulibaba” come from?

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

Ancestry of “skulibaba”, step by step

skulibaba 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 skulić

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishskulićto bow, to lower
2Proto-AustronesiankuliCrind
Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا →