Where does “-baya” come from?

-baya (Swahili) comes from Cornish bay, from Middle Cornish bay, from Middle English baye, from Old English beġ — berry.

Ancestry of “-baya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbaykiss
2Middle Cornishbay—
3Middle Englishbaye—
4Old Englishbeġberry

Words derived from “-baya”

Every word from Old English beġ →Every word from Middle English baye →Every word from Middle Cornish bay →