bubbe
bub·be
bubbe · bubbes
A grandmotherA grandmother.
/ˈbʊbə/
Значення
значень: 2A grandmother.
An elderly woman.
Походження
Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”), and then either from a Slavic languageBorrowed from Yiddish באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”), and then either from a Slavic language or from eastern Middle High German bābe (“old woman”), both from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”) and ultimately imitative of a child’s babbling. Doublet of baba.
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