Where does “venchať” come from?

venchať (Old Slovak) comes from Polish wąchać, from Proto-Slavic ǫxati — to smell, to sniff.

venchať (Old Slovak): to smell, to sniff

Definitions

  1. to smell, to sniff

Ancestry of “venchať”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwąchaćto smell, to sniff
2Proto-Slavicǫxatito smell, to sniff
Every word from Proto-Slavic ǫxati →Every word from Polish wąchać →