Where does “колбаса” come from?

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

Ancestry of “колбаса”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickъlbasasausage
2Proto-Turkickülash

Words derived from “колбаса”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Proto-Slavic kъlbasa →