Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ňuxati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Uncertain. Multiple etymologies have been proposed:

from *sъ(n)- +‎ *ǫxati (or *vъ(n)- +‎ *ǫxati) by rebracketing, with secondary change n > ň
related to Proto-Germanic *niuhsijaną
related to Proto-Germanic *hneusaną and German Nüster (considered improbable by Vasmer)

Verb

*ňuxati

to sniff, to smell

Related terms

*ňuxъ
*ňušiti

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: ню́хати (njúxati)
  - Belarusian: ню́хаць (njúxacʹ)
  - Ukrainian: ню́хати (njúxaty)
- Russian: нюхать (njuxatʹ)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: njȗhati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech:
  - Moravian (Mistřice): ňuchat
- Polish: niuchać
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: nuchać
  - Lower Sorbian: nuchaś

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “нюхать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*n'uxati? *n'ǫxati?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 157