Where does “гривенник” come from?
гривенник (Russian) comes from Russian гри́вна, from Ukrainian гри́вня, from Proto-Slavic grivьna — necklace, later "something precious".
гривенник (Russian): ten-copeck coin
Ancestry of “гривенник”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | гри́вна | — |
| 2 | Ukrainian | гри́вня | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | grivьna | necklace, later "something precious" |