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grandmother

Source:*babaProto-Slaviccertain

All five use pet forms of *baba, which on its own now tends to mean 'old woman'.

English

grandmother

Polish

babcia
ˈbaptɕa
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    ба́бушкаbabuška
    ˈbabʊʂkəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    бабу́сяbabusja
    baˈbusʲainherited
  • Polish
    babcia
    ˈbaptɕainherited
  • Czech
    babička
    ˈbabɪtʃkainherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    bakaбака
    ˈbakainherited
  • English
    grandmother