Where does “hamstraus” come from?
hamstraus (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.
hamstraus (Finnish): hoarding; panic buying
Ancestry of “hamstraus”, step by step