Where does “закусывать” come from?

закусывать (Russian) comes from Russian закуси́ть, from Russian куси́ть, from Proto-Slavic kǫsiti — to mow, to reap.

закусывать (Russian): to bite; to have a snack, to get a bite, to eat;...

Definitions

  1. to bite; to have a snack, to get a bite, to eat;...

Ancestry of “закусывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзакуси́тьto bite
2Russianкуси́тьto eat
3Proto-Slavickǫsitito mow, to reap
Every word from Proto-Slavic kǫsiti →Every word from Russian куси́ть →Every word from Russian закуси́ть →