Where does “babetă” come from?

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

babetă (Romanian): babushka

Definitions

  1. babushka

Ancestry of “babetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbabăold woman
2Old Church Slavonicбабаgrandmother; midwife; wet nurse
3Proto-Slavicbabaold woman; grandmother; midwife
4Proto-Balto-Slavicbā́ˀbāˀold woman
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic bā́ˀbāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic baba →Every word from Old Church Slavonic баба →