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Where does “закоптить” come from?

закоптить (Russian) comes from Russian копти́ть, from Proto-Slavic *kopъtiti.

закоптить (Russian): to begin to smoke; to smoke, to cure by smoking;...

Definitions

  1. to begin to smoke; to smoke, to cure by smoking;...

Ancestry of “закоптить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкопти́тьto emit smoke
2Proto-Slavic*kopъtiti—
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