Where does “обнюхивать” come from?

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

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
1Russianобню́хатьto sniff around, to sniff on all sides
2Russianню́хатьto smell, to sniff
3Proto-Slavic*ňuxatito sniff, to smell
Every word from Proto-Slavic *ňuxati →Every word from Russian ню́хать →Every word from Russian обню́хать →