Where does “колбаса” come from?
колбаса (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic колбаса, from Proto-Slavic kъlbasa, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.
Ancestry of “колбаса”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | колбаса | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | kъlbasa | sausage |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kül | ash |
Words derived from “колбаса”