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Where does “отхлёбывать” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. to take a mouthful , to take a sip

Ancestry of “отхлёбывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотхлебну́ть—
2Russianхлебну́ть—
3Russianхлеба́ть—
4Proto-Slavic*xlebati—
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