Where does “батько” come from?
батько (Russian) comes from Russian ба́тя, from Old East Slavic батѧ, from Proto-Slavic batę, from Proto-Slavic *batь.
Ancestry of “батько”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | ба́тя | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | батѧ | father |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | batę | older brother; daddy |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *batь | — |