Where does “отхлёбывать” come from?

отхлёбывать (Russian) comes from Russian отхлебну́ть, from Russian хлебну́ть, from Russian хлеба́ть, from Proto-Slavic *xlebati — to slurp.

отхлёбывать (Russian): to take a mouthful (of), to take a sip

Definitions

  1. to take a mouthful (of), to take a sip

Ancestry of “отхлёбывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотхлебну́тьto take a mouthful (of), to take a sip
2Russianхлебну́тьto take/swallow a mouthful (of)
3Russianхлеба́тьto eat (liquid food with a spoon), to slurp
4Proto-Slavic*xlebatito slurp
Every word from Proto-Slavic *xlebati →Every word from Russian хлеба́ть →Every word from Russian хлебну́ть →