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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't bubby mean grandmother?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So apparently it can be both Grandma and baby, and I have no idea why. I did double check, though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Bubbe" only meant grandmother originally. The "baby" meaning almost certainly comes from it being a false cognate with the English word.