Where does “햄스터” come from?
햄스터 (Korean) 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.
햄스터 (Korean): hamster
Ancestry of “햄스터”, step by step