Where does “позолотить” come from?
позолотить (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.
позолотить (Russian): to gild
Ancestry of “позолотить”, step by step