Where does “смолокурня” come from?

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

смолокурня (Russian): tar works

Definitions

  1. tar works

Ancestry of “смолокурня”, step by step

смолокурня traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian кури́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкури́тьto smoke; to [[distill; to distill
2Old East Slavicкꙋритиsmoke, emit smoke
3Proto-Slavickuritito smoke

via Russian смола́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсмола́tar; resin, tar; resin, pitch, tar
2Old East Slavicсмола—
3Proto-Slavicsmolàblack pitch
Every word from Proto-Slavic kuriti →Every word from Old East Slavic кꙋрити →Every word from Russian кури́ть →