Where does “hamstraaja” come from?

hamstraaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish hamstrata, from Swedish hamstra, from Swedish hamster, from German hamster, from Middle High German hamster, from Old High German hamustro, from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ, from Proto-Slavic *xoměstorъ — hamster.

hamstraaja (Finnish): hoarder

Definitions

  1. hoarder

Ancestry of “hamstraaja”, step by step

hamstraaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hamstrata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhamstrataTo hoard
2Swedishhamstrato hoard or gather, to stock up, to collect (large) stocks for later use (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks)
3Swedishhamstera hamster
4Germanhamstersingular imperative of hamstern
5Middle High Germanhamsterhamster
6Old High Germanhamustrohamster
7Old East Slavicхомѣсторъhamster
8Proto-Slavic*xoměstorъhamster

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “hamstraaja”

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