Etymology

zloty

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Today it means: The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy. Full definition →

Polish złoty ← Old Polish złoty ← Proto-Slavic *zoltъ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰólh₃-tom
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavic*źálˀta
  4. Proto-Slavic*zoltъ
  5. Old Polishzłoty
  6. Polishzłoty
  7. English todayzloty

Borrowed from Polish złoty.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.