Where does “учуивать” come from?
учуивать (Russian) comes from Russian учу́ять, from Russian чу́ять, from Proto-Slavic čùti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewh₁- — to perceive; to observe.
учуивать (Russian): to smell, to nose out, to sense; to sense
Definitions
- to smell, to nose out, to sense; to sense
Ancestry of “учуивать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | учу́ять | — |
| 2 | Russian | чу́ять | to scent, to feel |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | čùti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewh₁- | to perceive; to observe |