Where does “Babaeski” come from?

Babaeski (Turkish) comes from Turkish baba, from Ottoman Turkish بابا, from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا.

Ancestry of “Babaeski”, step by step

Babaeski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish baba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbabafather; Saint
2Ottoman Turkishباباpapa, daddy, father
3Old Anatolian Turkishبَبَا—

via Turkish eski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkisheskiold
2Ottoman Turkishاسكیold, ancient
3Proto-Turkices-(kü)old, ancient
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