Where does “hamstery” come from?
hamstery (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
hamstery (English): A place where hamsters are bred
Definitions
- A place where hamsters are bred
Ancestry of “hamstery”, step by step
hamstery traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English hamster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hamster | Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging... |
| 2 | German | hamster | singular imperative of hamstern |
| 3 | Middle High German | hamster | hamster |
| 4 | Old High German | hamustro | hamster |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | хомѣсторъ | hamster |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *xoměstorъ | hamster |
via English ery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ery | — |