where did the names mummy and daddy come from? Asked by my 7 year old son.?

Question

my son and I are rather amused at why you think he did not ask this question!

Answer 1

I must admit that I had always thought Mummy and Daddy came from the first sounds a child makes - mumumumumum and dadadadadada. Then parents think they must be saying their names!

(and babies comes from babababa - them saying what they are!)

What do you, as a father, think of this reasoning - although I can find nothing to back up my supposition, sorry!

by the way, I used this for my son when he asked me where the words came from - so yah, boo sucks to those who have thick children who are not inquisitive and never ask questions!

Answer 2

The Normative progression Charts Say ... That via 2years babies must be able to assert round 50 words .. Does he visit a nursery or something like that ..!? will be an idea to instruct it to his key-worker or human beings on the nursery they are going to be able to visual show unit him and furnish you with a more advantageous professional opinion and then go on to refer him to a language therapist if mandatory .. There are also some drop in speechh and language treatment' communities that you may seem out for on your section .. could furnish you with a probability to speak to a language therapist and furnish you with a more advantageous positive idea to no matter if or not they imagine if is a project ... the faster language therapist are able to be sure a toddler that would have a project .. the more advantageous probability they have of resolving it faster... Its no longer something to agonize about .. anddefinitelyy no longer something you need to blame your self for .. its probable no longer the actual incontrovertible actuality that older siblings are calling dad a countless call, yet that they are doing most of the speaking for him.. so hdoesn'tnt could .. wish This helps...

Answer 3

I will go with Creambunmum, because this can be observed in other cultures and language that have no similarity to English or other Romanic derived languages.

Along the same vein. Mao, pronounced like a cat's meow, is the Chinese word for Cat, and longevity. Becasue even the Chinese, long ago, noted the cat seems to escape death. The same concept in a totaly diferent culture.

Answer 4

If this doesn't help then tell your son that "mummy and daddy" came from grandma and grandpa. LOL Take care.

Main Entry: 2mummy
chiefly British variant of MOMMY

Main Entry: dad·dy
Pronunciation: 'da-dE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural daddies
1 : FATHER 1a
2 : GRANDDADDY 2

Answer 5

Generally mmmmummmmm and dadadadada are the first 'talking' sounds that babies make. The mmmm sound (and babababa) is at the beginning of the mouth (lips), and the dadadada sound is the next contact point (tongue and front of roof of mouth)..

Answer 6

according to the dictionary (you actually got me intrigued with this one!) mum/ mummy and dad/daddy are "imitative of a child's pronouciation", ie. mama and dada.

Doesn't really go into any more detail than that... but there you go

Answer 7

Tell him that Mummy and Daddy are not names they are Titles.....
And I very much doubt that he asked this question....

Answer 8

From the Latin mater and pater I think. "Mummy" and "Daddy" are the result of years of mispronunciation by non-Latin speakers and children.

Answer 9

Typically, the first sounds that babies make are mumumum and dadada. Hence mum and dad

Answer 10

kids devoping speach sometimes can't form the sounds corectly so the bable and mimic the best they can.