Where does “カルパス” come from?

カルパス (Japanese) comes from Russian колбаса́, from Old East Slavic колбаса, from Proto-Slavic kъlbasa, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

カルパス (Japanese): a dry or semidry type of sausage; karpas

Definitions

  1. a dry or semidry type of sausage; karpas

Ancestry of “カルパス”, step by step

カルパス traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian колбаса́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianколбаса́sausage
2Old East Slavicколбаса—
3Proto-Slavickъlbasasausage
4Proto-Turkickülash

via Hebrew כַּרְפַּס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכַּרְפַּסa type of expensive fabric made of cotton; fabric...
2Sanskritकर्पासcotton, Gossypium arboreum
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Proto-Slavic kъlbasa →Every word from Old East Slavic колбаса →