Where does “zakouřit” come from?

zakouřit (Czech) comes from Czech za-, from Old Czech za-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.

zakouřit (Czech): to blacken with smoke

Definitions

  1. to blacken with smoke

Ancestry of “zakouřit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechza-A prefix; Forms adjectives referring to places
2Old Czechza-derives verbs of various meanings
3Proto-Slavicza-for
Every word from Proto-Slavic za-Every word from Czech za-Every word from Old Czech za-