Where does “закуривать” come from?

закуривать (Russian) comes from Russian закури́ть, from Russian кури́ть, from Old East Slavic кꙋрити, from Proto-Slavic kuriti — to smoke.

закуривать (Russian): to light

Definitions

  1. to light

Ancestry of “закуривать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзакури́тьto start smoking, to light up
2Russianкури́тьto smoke; to [[distill; to distill
3Old East Slavicкꙋритиsmoke, emit smoke
4Proto-Slavickuritito smoke
Every word from Proto-Slavic kuriti →Every word from Old East Slavic кꙋрити →Every word from Russian кури́ть →