bubbe

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English word bubbe comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ (Old woman.)

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*bā́ˀbāˀ (Proto-Balto-Slavic)

Old woman.

*baba (Proto-Slavic)

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

באָבע (Yiddish)

Granny, grandmother.

bubbe (English)

Any elderly woman.. Grandmother.

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