From Polish kiełbasa ("sausage"), from Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, which may derive from Proto-Turkic for "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on ashes," from *kül + *bas (modern Turkish basmak).. See the Ukrainian cognate ковбаса́, whence kubasa, for more information.
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