Where does “cobza” come from?

cobza (English) comes from Romanian cobză, from Ukrainian ко́бза, from Proto-Turkic kopuŕ — a kind of lute.

cobza (English): A lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania

Definitions

  1. A lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania

Ancestry of “cobza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancobzăcobza
2Ukrainianко́бзаkobza
3Proto-Turkickopuŕa kind of lute
Every word from Proto-Turkic kopuŕ →Every word from Ukrainian ко́бза →Every word from Romanian cobză →