Where does “telefonování” come from?
telefonování (Czech) comes from Czech telefonovat, from Slovak -ovať, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.
telefonování (Czech): phoning, telephoning
Ancestry of “telefonování”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | telefonovat | to telephone, to phone |
| 2 | Slovak | -ovať | A suffix appended to words to form a verb |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ovati | Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives |