babillier
Old French
verb
Definitions
- (often pejorative) to babble; to chatter; to natter
Etymology
Derived from Old Dutch *babon, *babelōn, *babōn (mumble, babble, chatter) derived from Proto-Germanic *babalōną (chatter) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰa-bʰa-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- babbelen Dutch, Flemish
- babbelkous Dutch, Flemish
- babbeltruc Dutch, Flemish
- babillage French
- babillard French
- babiller French
- *baba- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰa-bʰa- Proto-Indo-European
- *babalōną Proto-Germanic
- *bæblian Old English
- babbla Old Norse
- babili Esperanto
- babbelen Middle Dutch
- *babbalon Old Dutch
- *babon, *babelōn, *babōn Old Dutch
- babbelje Old Frisian
- babillé Louisiana Creole French