Where does “посмеиваться” come from?
посмеиваться (Russian) comes from Russian посмея́ться, from Russian смея́ться, from Proto-Slavic smьjati, from Proto-Indo-European smēy-.
посмеиваться (Russian): to chuckle; to laugh, to poke fun
Definitions
- to chuckle; to laugh, to poke fun
Ancestry of “посмеиваться”, step by step