Where does “baborniță” come from?

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

baborniță (Romanian): hag

Definitions

  1. hag

Ancestry of “baborniță”, step by step

baborniță traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian babă

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

via Romanian bahorniță

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbahornițăhag
2Serbo-Croatianbahornica—

Words derived from “baborniță”

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