babushka

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English word babushka comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ (Old woman.), Proto-Slavic *babušьka (Grandmother. Old lady.)

*bā́ˀbāˀ (Proto-Balto-Slavic)

Old woman.

*babušьka (Proto-Slavic)

Grandmother. Old lady.

*baba (Proto-Slavic)

Grandmother. Midwife. Old woman. Sorceress, witch, hex.

баба (Old East Slavic)

(in plural) women. Fortune teller, hex. Married woman. Midwife.

ба́ба (Russian)

ба́бушка (Russian)

babushka (English)

A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.. An old woman.. Russian doll, matryoshka (mistranslation).

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