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
Ancestry of “ковбаса́”, 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 “ковбаса́”