nana, nena etc.

    nana, nena etc.

    English meaning: mother, etc.. (child word)

    Deutsche Übersetzung: Lallwort

    Material: O.Ind. nanǘ “mother, Mũtterchen”, *nanünü reshaped (after svasü : svasr-) to nanündar “of Mannes sister “, Pers. nana “mother”; Gk. νάννα, νίννη “Base, aunt”, νέννος, νάννας “uncle”; Alb. nanë “mother, wet nurse “; Lat. nonnus m., nonna f. late “Mönch, Nonne”, also “Pflegerin eines Kindes”; Welsh nain (*nanī) “grandmother”; Russ. njanja “Kinderwärterin” (dial. also “older sister “), Bulg. neni “the Ä ltere ”, Ser.-Cr. nena, nana “mother”, sorb. nan “father”; compare also Ger. Nenne, Kinderwort for “milk”.

    References: WP. II 317, WH. II 175.