Where does “обню́хать” come from?

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

обню́хать (Russian): to sniff around, to sniff on all sides

Definitions

  1. to sniff around, to sniff on all sides

Ancestry of “обню́хать”, step by step

обню́хать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian ню́хать

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianню́хатьto smell, to sniff
2Proto-Slavic*ňuxatito sniff, to smell

via Russian об–

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianоб–before certain letters

Words derived from “обню́хать”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *ňuxati →Every word from Russian ню́хать →