Where does “嗅ぎ付ける” come from?

嗅ぎ付ける (Japanese) comes from Japanese 嗅ぐ, from Japanese 香, from Old Japanese 香.

嗅ぎ付ける (Japanese): sniff out find using smell

Definitions

  1. sniff out find using smell

Ancestry of “嗅ぎ付ける”, step by step

嗅ぎ付ける traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 嗅ぐ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese嗅ぐsniff, smell
2Japanese香a pleasant smell; a scent, a fragrance, an aroma;...
3Old Japanese香—

via Japanese 付ける

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese付けるattach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on,...
2Japanese付くattach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...
Every word from Old Japanese 香 →Every word from Japanese 香 →Every word from Japanese 嗅ぐ →