ухати

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic оуха́ти (uxáti), ѫха́ти (ǫxáti), from Proto-Slavic *ǫxàti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-. Cognate with Russian Church Slavonic оухати (uxati), Polish wąchać.

Verb

оу҆ха́ти • (transliteration needed) impf

to smell, to sniff

Descendants

Ukrainian: уха́ти (uxáty) (obsolete)

Further reading

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2015), “ухати”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 35 (уморати – фолдровый), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 314

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