Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъlbasa
Proto-Slavic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From *kъlbъ + *-as-, possibly from Turkic for "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on ashes," from Proto-Turkic *kül (“ash”) + *bas- (“to press”) (modern Turkish basmak).[1]
Noun edit
*kъlbasa f
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- Hungarian: kolbász
References edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъlbasa/*kъlbasъ3”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 178
- ^ “kielbasa”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.