Where does “pikkuhamsteri” come from?

pikkuhamsteri (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.

pikkuhamsteri (Finnish): gray dwarf hamster, Cricetulus migratorius

Definitions

  1. gray dwarf hamster, Cricetulus migratorius

Ancestry of “pikkuhamsteri”, step by step

pikkuhamsteri 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 pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
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