Where does “нюхательный” come from?

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

нюхательный (Russian): (for) smelling

Definitions

  1. (for) smelling

Ancestry of “нюхательный”, 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 →