Where does “kultahamsteri” come from?

kultahamsteri (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.

kultahamsteri (Finnish): Syrian hamster

Definitions

  1. Syrian hamster

Ancestry of “kultahamsteri”, step by step

kultahamsteri 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 kulta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkultagold; gold medal; darling, dear, baby
2Proto-Finnickultagold
3Proto-Germanicgulþągold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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