Polish Zloty Not Named After Russian Unit Of Weight

I wouldn't even exactly say that the Russian unit of measurement came from the word for gold (and if it did, it was probably in a roundabout way). And I'll have to check, but I suspect that the Polish monetary unit might actually predate the Russian measurement one (edit: Wikipedia says that the former is from 14th century and the latter likely from 10th or 11th century; they're still both really old, and both basically mean "a gold [coin]").

those two are of course 'related' in a sense of belonging to the same language family and meaning basically the same, but still, russian "zolotnik" or "zlatnik" coins were first minted in the end of the 10th century (but in this case the term "russian" is somewhat misleading as well, and should be understood as "kiev rus(sia)"):



on the other hand, polish zloty was first introduced in 1496...

With particular respect to Bpoc1's contribution to this thread, I hope I did not come off as disrespecting Sap--whom I do not know, of course. It is a small--but to me, personally, and important--point, that I try to address whenever I encounter it. As I said, it's an easy inference to make, and the making of it shouldn't reflect badly on the individual who made it. I mean simply to put out the point, without judging someone else.
I'd come upon this community after going through a paper bag of coins from my Polish grandmother, born around 1897, I think. Prestige-wise, they run from that ruble (and a 50 kopeck) to a Seattle streetcar token. (They also include several Kings George, an Edward, a couple of Victoria, and a George III (!)--not to mention a place or two I'd never heard of, such as "Straits Settlements.")
I suspected the ruble was substantial from the heft of it, and from the edge lettering. But my limited knowledge of Polish (not Russian) suggested to me that that edge inscription referred to both silver and gold. I doubted if it was both metals, and it certainly didn't look like gold. Now I know that the word I took for gold in fact partly indicates the quantity of the silver.

I dimly recall that the Ottomans issued a coin that was modeled on Polish coins. It was called a Zolota.....I dimly recall the Zolota( I am relying on my memory so I might be confusing the story with another ottoman coin the Yasluk) traced its origin back to the Jochimsthaler Guildengroschen from Bohemia. Jochimsthaler guildengroschen had three nicknames: Jochimer, Thaler, and Schlickainer. While the name Thaler moved west and became dollar, Jochimer moved east and became the origion of either the Zolota or the Yasluk. Unfortunately I am away from home and cant get to my references to confirm which coin is based on the Bohemian coin.

Well I am back in Vienna.and suffering jet lag. I couldn't find the references related to the Joachimsthaler guildengroshen, and later polish and ottoman coins. But I did find in Freys "Dictionary of numismatic Terms" that the polish Zloty is derived from the word "Zloto" the word for gold Frey is a long out of print book but it seems reliable more often than not