єнтарь
Old Ruthenian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
єнтарь • (jentarʹ) m inan
Descendants edit
- >? Belarusian: янта́р (jantár)
- Carpathian Rusyn: янта́рь (jantárʹ)
- Ukrainian: янта́р (jantár); я́нтра f (jántra) (dialectal)
References edit
- ^ 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.)”