Where does “baban” come from?

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

baban (Romanian): large, plump; barren

Definitions

  1. large, plump; barren

Ancestry of “baban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbabăold woman
2Old Church Slavonicбабаgrandmother; midwife; wet nurse
3Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
4Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman

Words derived from “baban”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ →