Where does “ковбаса́” come from?

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

ковбаса́ (Ukrainian): sausage, kubasa

Definitions

  1. sausage, kubasa

Ancestry of “ковбаса́”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ковбаса́”

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