baba-
verb · to babble; babbling, unclear speech
Attested in Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Indo-Iranian, Armenic, Graeco-Phrygian, Balto-Slavic
Reconstructions in Pokorny (1959)
baba- ‘barbaric speech’
| Language | Reflex | Gloss | Grammar |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | auvent | Schutzdach | |
| Gaulish (dialectal) | lacus Bēnācus | ||
| Middle Low German | pint | penis | |
| Middle High German | pinz | subula | |
| English | pintle | penis; Pflock | |
| Bavarian,Bavarian German | pfouzer | zugespitzter Knüttel | |
| Bavarian,Bavarian German | pfunzer | zugespitzter Knüttel | |
| Middle Low German | pin | Pinne, Spitze, Nagel, Pflock | |
| Middle Low German | pinne | Pinne, Spitze, Nagel, Pflock | |
| Middle High German | pfinne | Nagel | |
| Late Old Icelandic | pinni | Pflock, Stiff | |
| East Frisian | penne | Pinne, Spitze, Nagel, Pflock | |
| Low German,Modern Low German | pennen | eine Tür (mit einem Bolzen) verriegeln | |
| English | pen | schließen | |
| Modern Persian | būm | Eule | |
| Armenian | bu | Eule | |
| Armenian | buēč | Eule | |
| Greek | βύᾱς | Uhu | |
| Greek | βῦζα | Uhu | |
| Greek | βύζειν | wie ein Uhu schreien | |
| Latin | būbō | Uhu | |
| Bulgarian | buh | Uhu | |
| Lithuanian | baublỹs | Rohrdommel | |
| Lithuanian | baũbti | dumpfbrüllen | |
| Lithuanian | bubenù | dröhne dumpf | |
| Latin | būtio | Rohrdommel | |
| Latin | būteo | eine Falkenart | |
| Greek | βοή | Ruf | |
| Greek | βοάω | schreie | |
| Latin | boāre | rufen | |
| Greek | βωστρέω | rufe an, um Hilfe | |
| Avestan | bučahin- | der das Geheule, Gefauche an sich hat | |
| Sanskrit (Atharva-Veda),Atharva-Veda | bučahin- | der das Geheule, Gefauche an sich hat | |
| Avestan | buxti- | Heulen, Fauchen | |
| Sanskrit (Atharva-Veda),Atharva-Veda | buxti- | Heulen, Fauchen | |
| Greek | βύκτης | heulend | |
| Middle Irish | bōchna | Meer | |
| Lithuanian | bùkčius | Stammler | |
| Latvian | bũkšk̨êt | dumpf schallen | |
| Lithuanian | bukùoti | Bezeichnung eines durch starken Schlag oder Fall hervorgebrachten Schalles | |
| Latvian | baũkš | Bezeichnung eines durch starken Schlag oder Fall hervorgebrachten Schalles | |
| Latvian | buka | Faustschlag | |
| Lithuanian | bukùs | stumpf | |
| Middle High German | buc | Schlag, Stoß | |
| Middle High German | puchen | pochen | |
| Middle High German | buchen | pochen | |
| Old English | pintel | penis | |
| Modern Norwegian,Norwegian | pintol | penis | |
| Old Low German | pin | paxillus | |
| Old English | pinn | Pflock, Stiff | |
| Old English | on-pennian | öffnen | |
| Old English | penn | Pferch | |
| Old Church Slavic,Old Church Slavonic | bъčela | Biene | |
| Old Church Slavic,Old Church Slavonic | bьčela | Biene | |
| West Flemish | pint | Spitze | |
| Russian | búchatь | dumpf und lang anhaltend schreien | |
| Sanskrit | búk-kāra-ḥ | Gebrüll des Löwen | |
| Sanskrit | bukkati | bellt | |
| Russian Church Slavonic | bučati | dröhnen | |
| Serbian | bûčēm | brüllen | |
| Serbian | búčīm | tosen (vom Meere) | |
| Russian | byk | Stier | |
| Russian | byčátь | summen, von Bienen | |
| Polish | bąkać | halblaut reden, murmeln | |
| Polish | bąk | Rohrdommel | |
| Russian | búkatь | stoßen, schlagen, daß es schallt | |
| Russian | búchatь | stoßen, schlagen, daß es schallt | |
| Russian | buch | plumps! | |
| Serbian | búhnuti | losbrechen | |
| Serbian | bušiti | schlagen, werfen, stürzen, mit Gepolter fallen |