Where does “назвати” come from?
назвати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ukrainian звати, from Proto-Slavic zъvati, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewH- — to call on, invoke.
назвати (Serbo-Croatian): to name; to call; to call somebody by telephone
Definitions
- to name; to call; to call somebody by telephone
Ancestry of “назвати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ukrainian | звати | to call; to summon; to invite |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | zъvati | to call |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰewH- | to call on, invoke |