Where does “hamsterirotta” come from?

hamsterirotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish hamsteri, from German hamster, from Middle High German hamster, from Old High German hamustro, from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ, from Proto-Slavic *xoměstorъ — hamster.

Ancestry of “hamsterirotta”, step by step

hamsterirotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hamsteri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhamsterihamster, any member of the subfamily Cricetinae
2Germanhamstersingular imperative of hamstern
3Middle High Germanhamsterhamster
4Old High Germanhamustrohamster
5Old East Slavicхомѣсторъhamster
6Proto-Slavic*xoměstorъhamster

via Finnish rotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
2Old Swedishrotta—
3Middle Low Germanrotte—
4Proto-Germanicrattazrat
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “hamsterirotta”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *xoměstorъ →Every word from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ →Every word from Old High German hamustro →