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Where does “hamster” come from?

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

Ancestry of “hamster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhamustro—
2Old East Slavicхомѣсторъ—
3Proto-Slavic*xoměstorъ—

Words derived from “hamster”

  • hamster
  • hamsterlike
  • antihamster
  • hamster
  • hamster
  • hamstern
  • Hamster
  • hamster
  • hamstraaja
  • hamstrata
  • hamstraus
  • hàmster
  • ハムスター
  • goudhamster
  • hamster
  • hamsteren
  • hamstra
  • hamstring
  • hamster
  • hamstra
  • hamster
  • hamstre
  • hamster
  • 햄스터
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