Where does “позвонить” come from?

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

позвонить (Russian): to ring; to call

Definitions

  1. to ring; to call

Ancestry of “позвонить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзвони́тьto call to contact by telephone
2Serbo-Croatianзвонитиto ring
3Serbo-Croatianzvònitito ring
Every word from Serbo-Croatian zvòniti →Every word from Serbo-Croatian звонити →Every word from Russian звони́ть →