Where does “hiirihamsteri” come from?

hiirihamsteri (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.

hiirihamsteri (Finnish): mouse-like hamster rodent in the genus

Definitions

  1. mouse-like hamster rodent in the genus

Ancestry of “hiirihamsteri”, step by step

hiirihamsteri 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 hiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
2Proto-Finnichiirimouse
3Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse
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