Where does “babaanne” come from?

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

babaanne (Turkish): grandmother (one's father's mother)

Definitions

  1. grandmother (one's father's mother)

Ancestry of “babaanne”, step by step

babaanne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish baba

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

via Turkish anne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishannemother
2Ottoman Turkishآننه—
3Proto-Turkicanamother
Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا →