Where does “Hamsterrad” come from?
Hamsterrad (German) comes from German rad, from English rad, from English radiation, from Latin radiatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Hamsterrad (German): hamster wheel circular cage for a small rodent, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at the bottom
Definitions
- hamster wheel circular cage for a small rodent, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at the bottom
Ancestry of “Hamsterrad”, step by step
Hamsterrad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German rad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rad | wheel |
| 2 | English | rad | Clipping of radical; excellent; A non-SI unit of... |
| 3 | English | radiation | The shooting forth of anything from a point or... |
| 4 | Latin | radiatio | glittering, shining, radiation |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German hamster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hamster | singular imperative of hamstern |
| 2 | Middle High German | hamster | hamster |
| 3 | Old High German | hamustro | hamster |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | хомѣсторъ | hamster |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *xoměstorъ | hamster |