currency names summary months ago sent question linguist list currency names got number responses lazy busy taken much long send summary maybe waiting comes say anything scientific value interesting might e g r l words f rench sp anish models indeed cognate royal rupee rubl related either r l words somewhat shortened responses necessary veturlidi oskarsson veturosk ismal hi request sent march 27 1995 anybody know etymology following currency names rial iran oman north yemen riyal saudi arabia quatar riel cambodia real brazil maybe similar names beginning ri end ending l would possible names ie origin originally refering kingdom e c cf regal russian _ rubel _ _ rupee _ india e c would fact strange currency name origin countries far away brazil cambodia currency names seem follow national rules cf name _ dollar _ use almost 60 countries comes originally german _ thaler _ supposedly spread influence usd many variations word crown icelandic kr ona danish krone estonian kroon czechish korun e c _ dinar _ various arabic countries veturlidi oskarsson icelandic language institute reykjavik iceland email veturosk ismal hi 1 response real brazil certainly latin meaning king money would bet r l words unrelated although cant give etymologies note dinar actually latin origin denarius via greek john cowan 2 response spanish portuguese real mean royal king currency idea whether got picked arabic cambodian riyal etc sanskrit rupaya rupee different although moment cant recall means michael covington university georgia usa 3 response czech currency unit crown english called koruna nominative singular form gave korun long u genetive plural form zero ending used numbers 5 therefore get 1 koruna 2 koruny 5 korun german word thaler whence dollar comes earlier word joachimsthaler designated coin minted highquality silver mined middle ages town joachimsthal thal valley bears czech name jachimov jachimov west bohemian region czech republic james kirchner 4 response russian word rubl related real rial etc word old past passive participle lparticiple verb rubit chop gold ingots originally chopped small eventually circular pieces used coins contemporary russian past passive participle verb rublennyj e g rublennoe mjaso chopped meat gary h toops wichita state university 5 response real portuguese spanish cognate royal regal hunch currency backed crown hunch would interesting able something like prove spanish portuguese used term real picked moors carried islamic invaders se asia also difficult russian rubl bit hunch derives word cut rubit cut words check fasmer vasmer etymological dictionary available german russian told slavic professor cognate rupee guy going around bend could easily wrong point beasley ucla 6 response rial words originally f rench sp anish models indeed cognate royal england gold coin name issued 1465 french spanish scottish coins name 15 16c name seems travelled maritime empires dollar also complicated history starting english version thaler coin german states used large spanish coin worth 8 reales spain importance spanish maritime influence currency term became widespread used even parts british empire straits settlements still use dollars singapore many places including us assume use dollar sign american influence rupee different coming sanskrit word silver indian origin anthea fraser national university singapore 7 response according vasmer etymological dictionary russian rubl gen sg rublj stress ending shares root verb rubit hack meant hacked piece grivna larger unit currency gladney 8 response russian rubl related rial real comes root meaning cut origin term silver bars sections clipped otrubit russian used currency remember visiting church moscow dedicated cutoff head john baptist otrublennoj golove ioanna predtechy btw kopejka 1 100 rubl means mall spear lance comes depiction st george killing dragon symbol printed russian word money en gi turkic origin one several russian language coming turkic root meaning tamp incidentally pleased see slovenian currency toler one dollar geraint jennings 9 response panamanians use term real 5 centavo piece interesting currency balboas centavos american money coin name far know coin name lived 11 years also type test marketplace determine local nt price quoted 2 reales pulled exact change knew nt tourist word real means royal spanish nt know 5 centavo piece would called caroline l steele university hawaii 10 response according klein comprehensive etymological dictionary english language rial riyal spanish real latin regalem portuguese real obviously related info riel russian ruble indian rupee related come indigenous words marc picard 11 response according macmillan dictionary measurement first real royal small silver coin issued spanish royal mint rupya rupee ancient indian word metal made coinage ruble may related dinar comes latin denarius coin worth ten asses word related ace anton sherwood 12 response real also name old gold silver coin kingdoms castile portugal aragon later spanish america first dated real coined castile middle 14th century called real coined crown opposition local coins coined bishops counts noblemen according sources information enciclopedia larousse spanish version reals france 14th century iberian peninsula divided several territories three christian kingdoms castile aragon portugal lot small moorish kingdoms called taifas unlikely thus name real taken arabic riyal one curiosity contemporary spanish sentence tengo un real literally real means dime catalan tinc un ral j carlos ruiz universitat jaume castells 13 response case brazil real currency named old currency always referred plural reis mirreis thousands real means royal reis suppose tony berber sardinha university liverpool 14 response translated icelandic russian word rubl way related r l currencies russian word _ rubl _ palatalization comes verb _ rubit _ chop hew explanation far know coin minted punching metal plate special puncher stamping iron l suffix one could expect come bj mj etc labial cons j changed bl ml etc proto slavic ie roubhjo something like lies behind rubl nt know arabian word _ ri al _ suspect long could well semitic origin number type root consonants ry l cv type cvcvvc cf kita b book could support gunnar ol hansson 15 response hinds badawi dict egyptian arabic 1986 indicates riyaal twenty piastres twentypiastre piece derives spanish real kirk belnap brigham young university 16 response far layperson know word real continental spanish fact use begining 20th century grandmothers used well father everyday speech sure portion peseta amount whether portion cent viceversa could ask want know suspect least word real portuguese brazilian comes spanish one know spanish real means course royal nuria lopez ortega cornell university thank veturlidi oskarsson