Where does “колбаса́” come from?

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

колбаса́ (Russian): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “колбаса́”, step by step

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

Words derived from “колбаса́”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Proto-Slavic kъlbasa →Every word from Old East Slavic колбаса →