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Zlatko

Zlatko comes from Macedonian злато ‘gold’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰólh₃-tom‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*źálˀtan‘gold’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*zolto‘gold’reconstructed
  5. Macedonianmodernзлатоzlato‘gold’
  6. Macedonian, derivedmodernЗлаткоZlatko
  7. EnglishtodayZlatko

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰólh₃-tom‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*źálˀtan‘gold’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*zolto‘gold’reconstructed
  5. Macedonianmodernзлатоzlato‘gold’
  6. Macedonian, derivedmodernЗлаткоZlatko
  7. EnglishtodayZlatko

Linked words

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

gold, fell, yellow, chlorine, gall, cholera, felon, gullible, yolk, glib, choline, gild, chlorella, 28 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃-tom ‘gold’

zloty, 1 more

Today it means

name A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Златко (Zlatko)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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