Where does “прабабуся” come from?
прабабуся (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian бабу́ся, from Ukrainian -у́ся, from Ukrainian -у́сь, from Polish -uś, from Polish -ś, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís — resin, gum; to say, speak.
прабабуся (Ukrainian): great-grandmother
Definitions
- great-grandmother
Ancestry of “прабабуся”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | бабу́ся | grandmother mother of someone’s parent |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -у́ся | feminine augmentative form of the diminutive noun suffix |
| 3 | Ukrainian | -у́сь | masculine augmentative form of the diminutive noun suffix |
| 4 | Polish | -uś | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 5 | Polish | -ś | Second-person singular verb suffix; Appended to... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |