Where does “Hamster” come from?

Hamster (German) comes from Middle High German hamster, from Old High German hamustro, from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ, from Proto-Slavic *xoměstorъ — hamster.

Hamster (German): hamster

Definitions

  1. hamster

Ancestry of “Hamster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhamsterhamster
2Old High Germanhamustrohamster
3Old East Slavicхомѣсторъhamster
4Proto-Slavic*xoměstorъhamster
Every word from Proto-Slavic *xoměstorъ →Every word from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ →Every word from Old High German hamustro →