Where does “nuuhata” come from?

nuuhata (Ingrian) comes from Russian ню́хать, from Proto-Slavic *ňuxati — to sniff, to smell.

nuuhata (Ingrian): to smell

Definitions

  1. to smell

Ancestry of “nuuhata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianню́хатьto smell, to sniff
2Proto-Slavic*ňuxatito sniff, to smell
Every word from Proto-Slavic *ňuxati →Every word from Russian ню́хать →