Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъlbasa

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

• *kъlbasъ

Etymology

From *kъlbъ +‎ *-as-, possibly from Turkic for "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on ashes," from Proto-Turkic *kül (“ash”) + *bas- (“to press”) (modern Turkish basmak).

Noun

*kъlbasa f

1. sausage

Derived terms

• *kъlbasiti

Related terms

• *kъlbъ
• *kъlbikъ
• *kъlbuxъ
• *kъlbati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кълбаса (kŭlbasa), колбаса (kolbasa)
    • Old Ruthenian: ковбаса́ (kovbasá), колбаса́ (kolbasá), калбаса́ (kalbasá)
      • Belarusian: каўбаса́ (kaŭbasá)
      • Ukrainian: ковбаса́ (kovbasá), ківбаса́ (kivbasá) — dialectal
        • → English: kolbassa, kovbasa, kubasa
    • Russian: колбаса́ (kolbasá)
      • → Armenian: կալբաս (kalbas)
      • → Georgian: კალბასი (ḳalbasi) (non-standard)
      • → Korean: 꼴바싸 (kkolbassa) (North Korean)
      • → Ingrian: kolbassi, kalbassi
      • → Kildin Sami: калпас (kalpas)
      • Kurdish:

        → Northern Kurdish: kolbas

        → Central Kurdish: کالباس (kalbas), کاڵباس (kallbas)

      • → Persian: کالباس (kâlbâs)
  • Old Novgorodian: кълъбаса (kŭlŭbasa)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: клъбаса (klŭbasa)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⱏⰱⰰⱄⰰ (klŭbasa)

  • Bulgarian: колба́са (kolbása), колба́с (kolbás)
  • Macedonian: колбас (kolbas)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: коба̀са

    Latin script: kobasa

  • Slovene: klobása (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klobása
  • Polish: kiełbasa
    • → English: kielbasa
    • → French: kielbasa
    • → Old Ruthenian: келбаса́ (kelbasá), килбаса́ (kilbasá)
      • Belarusian: кілбаса́ (kilbasá)
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: kôłbasa
  • Old Slovak: kelbása, klobása, klbása, kolbása
    • Pannonian Rusyn: колбаса (kolbasa)
    • Slovak: klobása, klbása
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kjałbasa, kjałbas
    • Upper Sorbian: kołbasa

• Non-Slavic:
  • Hungarian: kolbász

References

• 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