Where does “kääpiöhamsteri” come from?

kääpiöhamsteri (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 “kääpiöhamsteri”, step by step

kääpiöhamsteri 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 kääpiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääpiömidget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Slavic *xoměstorъ