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Where does “отхлебну́ть” come from?

отхлебну́ть (Russian) comes from Russian хлебну́ть, from Russian хлеба́ть, from Proto-Slavic *xlebati.

Ancestry of “отхлебну́ть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianхлебну́ть—
2Russianхлеба́ть—
3Proto-Slavic*xlebati—

Words derived from “отхлебну́ть”

  • отхлёбывать
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