Where does “ハムスター” come from?

ハムスター (Japanese) comes from English hamster, from German hamster, from Middle High German hamster, from Old High German hamustro, from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ, from Proto-Slavic *xoměstorъ — hamster.

ハムスター (Japanese): a hamster

Definitions

  1. a hamster

Ancestry of “ハムスター”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhamsterAny of various Old-World rodent species belonging...
2Germanhamstersingular imperative of hamstern
3Middle High Germanhamsterhamster
4Old High Germanhamustrohamster
5Old East Slavicхомѣсторъhamster
6Proto-Slavic*xoměstorъhamster
Every word from Proto-Slavic *xoměstorъ →Every word from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ →Every word from Old High German hamustro →