Where does “прокуривать” come from?
прокуривать (Russian) comes from Russian прокури́ть, from Russian про́-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
прокуривать (Russian): to fill with tobacco smoke, to smoke up; to spend...
Definitions
- to fill with tobacco smoke, to smoke up; to spend...
Ancestry of “прокуривать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | прокури́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | про́- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | — |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |