Burstyn, Burshtyn, Burshtin, Birshtyn, or Bursztyn are derived from Polish (bursztyn) or Ukrainian (Бурштин) for amber (German and Yiddish: Bernstein, Börnsteen, Brennstein, lit. `burn[ing]stone`; lat. electrum or glaesum, ἤλεκτρον ēlektron). The terms can mean: ==People== ==Places== ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstyn