Where does “嗅ぎ回る” come from?

嗅ぎ回る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 嗅ぐ, from Japanese 香, from Old Japanese 香.

嗅ぎ回る (Japanese): sniff around

Definitions

  1. sniff around

Ancestry of “嗅ぎ回る”, step by step

嗅ぎ回る 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 回る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese回るto turn; to revolve; to spin
Every word from Old Japanese 香 →Every word from Japanese 香 →Every word from Japanese 嗅ぐ →