Where does “запушити” come from?

запушити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian за, from Proto-Slavic za — behind, after (stationary).

запушити (Serbo-Croatian): to light up, have a smoke; to bottle up, bung,...

Definitions

  1. to light up, have a smoke; to bottle up, bung,...

Ancestry of “запушити”, step by step

запушити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianзаfor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)

via Serbo-Croatian пу̏шити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпу̏шитиto smoke
Every word from Proto-Slavic za →Every word from Serbo-Croatian за →