Where does “ба́тя” come from?

ба́тя (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic батѧ, from Proto-Slavic batę, from Proto-Slavic *batь — elder relative or respected acquaintance as a honorific.

ба́тя (Russian): dad

Definitions

  1. dad

Ancestry of “ба́тя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicбатѧfather
2Proto-Slavicbatęolder brother; daddy
3Proto-Slavic*batьelder relative or respected acquaintance as a honorific

Words derived from “ба́тя”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *batь →Every word from Proto-Slavic batę →Every word from Old East Slavic батѧ →