Where does “soba” come from?

soba (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صوبا, from Hungarian szóba, from Old High German stuba, from Proto-Germanic *stubu.

soba (Turkish): stove

Definitions

  1. stove

Ancestry of “soba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصوباstove, heater, an apparatus for warming a room
2Hungarianszóbaillative singular of szó
3Old High Germanstubaa heated room; bathroom; step
4Proto-Germanic*stubu—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *stubu →Every word from Old High German stuba →Every word from Hungarian szóba →
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