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
Ancestry of “закуривать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | закури́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | кури́ть | to smoke; to [[distill; to distill |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | кꙋрити | smoke, emit smoke |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kuriti | to smoke |