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Zlatna
Zlatna comes from Romanian Zlatna, from Old Church Slavonic златьнъ ‘golden’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰólh₃-tom‘gold’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*źálˀtan‘gold’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*zolto‘gold’reconstructed
- Old Church Slavonicmodernзлато‘gold’
- Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernзлатьнъzlatĭnŭ‘golden’
- Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernзлатьна
- Romanianc. 1500–presentZlatna
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰólh₃-tom‘gold’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*źálˀtan‘gold’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*zolto‘gold’reconstructed
- Old Church Slavonicmodernзлато‘gold’
- Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernзлатьнъzlatĭnŭ‘golden’
- Old Church Slavonic, derivedmodernзлатьна
- Romanianc. 1500–presentZlatna
- Englishtodaysame form
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’
Today it means
name A town in Alba County, Romania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- / Zlatna