Where does “babă” come from?

babă (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic баба, from Proto-Slavic baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ — old woman.

babă (Romanian): old woman

Definitions

  1. old woman

Ancestry of “babă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicбабаgrandmother; midwife; wet nurse
2Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
3Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman

Words derived from “babă”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic baba →Every word from Old Church Slavonic баба →