Where does “обзвони́ть” come from?

обзвони́ть (Russian) comes from Russian звони́ть, from Serbo-Croatian звонити, from Serbo-Croatian zvòniti — to ring.

обзвони́ть (Russian): to consecutively ring everybody or many on the phone

Definitions

  1. to consecutively ring everybody or many on the phone

Ancestry of “обзвони́ть”, step by step

обзвони́ть traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian звони́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзвони́тьto call to contact by telephone
2Serbo-Croatianзвонитиto ring
3Serbo-Croatianzvònitito ring

via Russian об–

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianоб–before certain letters

Words derived from “обзвони́ть”

Every word from Serbo-Croatian zvòniti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian звонити →Every word from Russian звони́ть →