English

zloty

Zloty comes from Old Polish złoty, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-¹‘green, yellow’reconstructed
Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰólh₃-tom¹reconstructed
Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*źálˀta¹reconstructed
Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*zoltъ¹reconstructed
Old Polishmodernzłoty¹
Polishmodernzłoty¹
Englishtodayzloty¹

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

¹ Wiktionary, English zloty

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-1Wiktionary, English zloty‘green, yellow’reconstructed
Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰólh₃-tom1Wiktionary, English zlotyreconstructed
Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*źálˀta1Wiktionary, English zlotyreconstructed
Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*zoltъ1Wiktionary, English zlotyreconstructed
Old Polishmodernzłoty1Wiktionary, English zloty
Polishmodernzłoty1Wiktionary, English zloty
Englishtodayzloty1Wiktionary, English zloty

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’

gold, fell, yellow, gall, cholera, chlorine, gullible, yolk, felon, glib, choline, gild, chlorella, 27 more

Today it means

noun The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “zloty”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- / zloty

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