Where does “обозвать” come from?
обозвать (Russian) comes from Russian зва́ть, from Old East Slavic зъвати, from Proto-Slavic zъvati, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewH- — to call on, invoke.
обозвать (Russian): to call
Ancestry of “обозвать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | зва́ть | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | зъвати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | zъvati | to call |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰewH- | to call on, invoke |