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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvoniti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /zvɔɲit͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /zvɔɲit͡ɕ/
Verb
zwonić impf
- to make a sound; to tinkle, to clink, to jingle
1451-1455, Legenda o świętym Aleksym, line 195:Thv szą wyelky dzyw sstal: szamy szwony szwonyli- [Tu się wielki dziw zstał, samy zwony zwoniły]
- to ring a bell
1911 [XV p. post.], Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Karta z "Rozmyślania o życiu Pana Jezusa", page 474:Tedy Pylat... kazal zwonycz y w traby trabycz- [Tedy Piłat... kazał zwonić i w trąby trąbić]
Descendants
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “(dzwonić) zwonić”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN