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Where does “zvaný” come from?

zvaný (Czech) comes from Czech zvát, from Serbo-Croatian zvȁti, from Czech zvyk, from Czech zvyknout, from Old Czech zvyknúti, from Old Czech z-, from Proto-Slavic jьz-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n) — resin.

zvaný (Czech): invited; called

Definitions

  1. invited; called

Ancestry of “zvaný”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechzvátto invite
2Serbo-Croatianzvȁti—
3Czechzvyk—
4Czechzvyknout—
5Old Czechzvyknúti—
6Old Czechz-—
7Proto-Slavicjьz-—
8Proto-Slavicsъ(n)with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt—
12Germankitt—
13Old High Germankuti—
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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