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.
ハムスター (Japanese): a hamster
Ancestry of “ハムスター”, step by step