kubasa

Meaning

Noun

• A smoked pork sausage with garlic, originating in Eastern Europe.

Origin

• From Ukrainian ковбаса́ ("sausage"), a very early Slavic borrowing with no clear antecedent.
• The Slavic variants (including Polish kiełbasa, whence kielbasa) point to several reconstructed forms from Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, *klobasa, *kobasa. It is considered most likely to be borrowed from Proto-Turkic *kül + *bastï; compare Turkish külbastı ("roasted meat"), basmak.