Where does “grivnă” come from?

grivnă (Romanian) comes from Russian гри́вна, from Ukrainian гри́вня, from Proto-Slavic grivьna — necklace, later "something precious".

grivnă (Romanian): necklace

Definitions

  1. necklace

Ancestry of “grivnă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгри́внаgrivna unit of currency and weight in medieval Rus
2Ukrainianгри́вняgrivna
3Proto-Slavicgrivьnanecklace, later "something precious"
Every word from Proto-Slavic grivьna →Every word from Ukrainian гри́вня →Every word from Russian гри́вна →