Where does “Hamsterkauf” come from?

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

Hamsterkauf (German): panicked purchase in order to hoard provisions

Definitions

  1. panicked purchase in order to hoard provisions

Ancestry of “Hamsterkauf”, step by step

Hamsterkauf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German hamstern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhamsternto hoard
2Germanhamstersingular imperative of hamstern
3Middle High Germanhamsterhamster
4Old High Germanhamustrohamster
5Old East Slavicхомѣсторъhamster
6Proto-Slavic*xoměstorъhamster

via German Kauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaufpurchase
2Middle High Germankouftrade
3Old High Germankoufcommerce, trade; barter; purchase
4Proto-West Germanickauptrade, purchase
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