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minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoSo apparently it can be both Grandma and baby, and I have no idea why. I did double check, though.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month ago“Bubbe” only meant grandmother originally. The “baby” meaning almost certainly comes from it being a false cognate with the English word.
Doesn’t bubby mean grandmother?
So apparently it can be both Grandma and baby, and I have no idea why. I did double check, though.
“Bubbe” only meant grandmother originally. The “baby” meaning almost certainly comes from it being a false cognate with the English word.