Father in Indo-European
Hello again.
I was wondering whether anyone knew the etymology of the Ukrainian word 'батько'? I'm trying to come up with a plausable explanation as to how two so closely related languages as Russian and Ukrainian get two completely different words for 'father'. I can explain 'отец' in Russian but I don't know where 'батько' comes from.
Thank you.
I was wondering whether anyone knew the etymology of the Ukrainian word 'батько'? I'm trying to come up with a plausable explanation as to how two so closely related languages as Russian and Ukrainian get two completely different words for 'father'. I can explain 'отец' in Russian but I don't know where 'батько' comes from.
Thank you.