єнтарь

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

>? Belarusian: янта́р (jantár)
Carpathian Rusyn: янта́рь (jantárʹ)
Ukrainian: янта́р (jantár); я́нтра f (jántra) (dialectal)

References

Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “янта́р”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 547: “ст. ентарь (XVI ст.) ― st. entarʹ (XVI st.)”

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[1] Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “янта́р”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 547: “ст. ентарь (XVI ст.) ― st. entarʹ (XVI st.)”