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Where does “обнюхивать” come from?

обнюхивать (Russian) comes from Russian обню́хать, from Russian ню́хать, from Proto-Slavic *ňuxati.

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

Definitions

  1. to sniff around, to sniff on all sides

Ancestry of “обнюхивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianобню́хать—
2Russianню́хать—
3Proto-Slavic*ňuxati—
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