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I have a theory that those sounds are what a baby naturally says as their start tgeir vocal journey. So we adapted the words we use to mean mother /father accordingly.
Very convincing theories based solely on a vibe are the best
You might be on to something. There's so many languages where the short word for mother is some variation of "ma". Likewise with da/ba/pa for the father.
Shoutout to Georgian mama meaning father and deda meaning mother
Legitimately why is Georgian language like this. I swear this isn't even close to being the weirdest thing about it