Where does “покуривать” come from?

покуривать (Russian) comes from Russian кури́ть, from Old East Slavic кꙋрити, from Proto-Slavic kuriti — to smoke.

покуривать (Russian): to smoke

Definitions

  1. to smoke

Ancestry of “покуривать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкури́тьto smoke; to [[distill; to distill
2Old East Slavicкꙋритиsmoke, emit smoke
3Proto-Slavickuritito smoke
Every word from Proto-Slavic kuriti →Every word from Old East Slavic кꙋрити →Every word from Russian кури́ть →