Proto-Slavic * zolto (Rus gold-glorious verse. Gold, Pol. Złoto) cognate literature. geltonas «yellow", Lett. zelts «gold, gold", with another vocalism: Gotha. gulþ, it. gold, Eng. gold; later Skt. hiraṇyam, Zend. zaranya, Ossetia. zærījnæ «gold», also in Sanskrit. hari «yellow, gold, green," from Proto root * ǵ ʰ el-«yellow, green, bright." Hence, also the names of colors: yellow, green.
