Where does “büyük baba” come from?

büyük baba (Turkish) comes from Turkish büyük, from Ottoman Turkish بیوك, from Proto-Turkic bedük, from Proto-Turkic bedü- — to grow, become large; to grow big; to become...

Ancestry of “büyük baba”, step by step

büyük baba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish büyük

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbüyükbig, large; grand
2Ottoman Turkishبیوكbig, large; grand, great
3Proto-Turkicbedükbig; tall; big, tall
4Proto-Turkicbedü-to grow, become large; to grow big; to become...

via Turkish baba

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