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).[1]

Noun

*kъlbasa f

  1. sausage

Declension

Derived terms

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кълбаса (kŭlbasa), колбаса (kolbasa)
    • 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:
    • Old Slovak: kelbása, klobása, klbása, kolbása
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kjałbasa, kjałbas
      • Upper Sorbian: kołbasa

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