bāba
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ.[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *ba̋ba (“old woman”) and Lithuanian bóba (“old woman”).
Noun edit
bãba f
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 32