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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Lithuanian, dialectal jentãras, gentãras, literary giñtaras, gintãras; further origins unclear. First attested in the 16th century.[1] Compare Middle Russian онта́рь (ontárʹ), later ꙗнта́рь (jantárʹ), whence modern Russian янта́рь (jantárʹ).
Noun
єнтарь • (jentarʹ) m inan
- amber (fossil resin)
- Synonym: буршты́нъ (burštýn)
Descendants
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “янта́р”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 547: “ст. ентарь (XVI ст.) ― st. entarʹ (XVI st.)”