babë
Albanian
noun
Definitions
- dad, daddy
- (usually) grandpa
- (usually) father
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Albanian *baba derived from Proto-Indo-European *baba (barbaric speech).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*baba
Gloss
barbaric speech
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bábbọ Latin
- Bube German
- Bübin German
- Herzbube German
- Karobube German
- Kreuzbube German
- Pikbube German
- Spitzbube German
- babbo Italian
- *baba Proto-Indo-European
- *baba Proto-Slavic
- bubo Esperanto
- buobe Middle High German
- baba Albanian
- bebë Albanian
- баба Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *baba Proto-Albanian