In the Baltic languages, the Lithuanian term for amber is gintaras and the Latvian dzintars. These words, and the Slavic jantar and Hungarian gyanta ('resin'), are thought to originate from Phoenician jainitar ("sea-resin").
The Lithuanian word "gintaras" and the Latvian "dzintars" are used to refer to amber in Baltic languages.  These words, along with their Slavic counterparts "jantar" and "gyanta," which is also a term for resin, are thought to have originated from the Phoenician word "jainitar" meaning "sea-resin."