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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1520374, member: 39&quot;]Not sure but I don&#039;t think so. In German, &quot;Geld&quot; got its present meaning (money) in the 14th to 16th century; in earlier times it referred to something used for penance or sacrifice, ie. primarily in religious contexts. German and Yiddish share many words, sometimes the meaning is the very same, and sometimes it&#039;s not.</p><p><br /></p><p>The word gulden (that would be guilder in English) is basically an abridged translation. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In Florence they had (since the 13th century) a gold coin named &quot;fiorino d&#039;oro&quot; (golden florin) which soon got popular elsewhere too. And so did its name - in Dutch it became the &quot;gulden&quot; (but &quot;f&quot; or &quot;fl&quot; was a common abbreviation), in Southern German states it was the &quot;Gulden&quot;, in Hungary it&#039;s the forint, in pre-decimal Britain you had a florin ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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