There are very few people in life who will love us unconditionally. We can’t say enough about our parents who put their own lives in the background and prepared us for a happy life. While Father’s Day has come, we wanted to ask you a question that we come across all the time but that you don’t think about much. Have you ever wondered why these people, who are our heroes, are called “father” and similar words in many parts of the world?
Father, papa, appa, ba, pa… These kinds of words are often used to express fathers. What do you think might be the reason for these words, which are mostly derived from “Ba” and “Pa” syllables? When we go to the root of the language, we conclude that the reason why the word father is used in similar ways in different parts of the world is related to our infancy.
According to linguists, the main reason for using “father” and its derivatives is related to the first sounds babies make.
Just as we address our mothers with mother (mother) – formula and derivatives, the word father is one of the first sounds babies make. This word, which is formed by the combination of easily removable consonants such as b, p, and the most easily pronounced vowel such as “a”, is not a name given to them by fathers, on the contrary, it has been the name given by babies to their fathers.
The time travel of language also plays an important role.
Indo-European languages are among the interconnected languages. Many words passed from India to Iran and to Europe via the Middle East and Anatolia. Europeans, on the other hand, colonized a large part of Africa and America in the new world order, spreading this process to a much wider area. However, this journey is not the main factor in the word “father” being spoken by everyone.
One of the most comfortable sounds a baby can produce is “daddy”.
You may have witnessed that children cannot pronounce some words properly. The reason of this; This is due to the fact that there are different levels of difficulty from word to word, sound to sound. The most comfortable sounds that can be made for a baby are small syllables and words that can be made with a comfortable voice. For example, words such as mama, mother, aga are examples of these. Of course, the word ba-ba, which refers to someone with a deep voice, is also among this group.
In fact, let’s give a big hug to our fathers, who are special every day.
Let’s give a big hug to our fathers, who maybe work day and night for us to live a more comfortable life. Let’s express how much we love them and how much we respect what they do. Remember; We may re-possess many things, but we have one each from our parents.
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