Where does “золочёный” come from?
золочёный (Russian) comes from Russian золоти́ть, from Russian зо́лото, from Old East Slavic золото, from Proto-Slavic zolto, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
золочёный (Russian): gilded, gilt
Ancestry of “золочёный”, step by step