Where does “kolbassi” come from?

kolbassi (Ingrian) comes from Russian колбаса́, from Old East Slavic колбаса, from Proto-Slavic kъlbasa, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

kolbassi (Ingrian): (thick) sausage

Definitions

  1. (thick) sausage

Ancestry of “kolbassi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianколбаса́sausage
2Old East Slavicколбаса—
3Proto-Slavickъlbasasausage
4Proto-Turkickülash
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Proto-Slavic kъlbasa →Every word from Old East Slavic колбаса →