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

Definitions

  1. phoning, telephoning

Ancestry of “telefonování”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechtelefonovatto telephone, to phone
2Slovak-ovaťA suffix appended to words to form a verb
3Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Slovak -ovať →Every word from Czech telefonovat →