Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/baba

This Proto-Albanian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Albanian

Etymology

Compare Middle High German babe, bobe (“old woman, mother”), German Bube (“boy, child, lad”), Old Church Slavonic баба (baba, “old woman”), Italian babbo (“father, dad”).

Noun

*baba

  1. dad

Descendants

  • Albanian: babë
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