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sausage

Source:kolbasa / kiełbasaCommon Slavic (late) · “sausage; origin unclear”disputed

The word is shared across Slavic, but its source is unknown: suggestions include a Turkic word for grilled meat and a Hebrew phrase, none accepted.

English

sausage

Polish

kiełbasa
kʲɛwˈbasa
CognateSame source — the sound laws connect them.

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    колбаса́kolbasa
    kəlbɐˈsainherited
  • Ukrainian
    ковбаса́kovbasa
    kɔwbaˈsainherited

    Syllable-final л became в [w], as in вовк.

  • Polish
    kiełbasa
    kʲɛwˈbasainherited
  • Czech
    klobása
    ˈklobaːsainherited

    A thick sausage; small ones are párek or buřt.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    kobasicaкобасица
    koˈbasitsainherited
  • English
    sausage

    English shares this source: kielbasa — English kielbasa is a loan from Polish.