Hamster

hamster hámster hàmster hâmster German Etymology de hamster :inh gmh:hamster From de gmh hamster, from de goh hamastra, goh hamustro, probably from de orv хомѣсторъ, orv хомѣстаръ. Further explained as a borrowing into de sla - from de ira -, compare ae 𐬵𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭- who throws down (in this case: corn stalks), oppresses.Hamsterhttps://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/vasmer/50350/%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BA Alternatively, a compound of (1) orv хомѣкъ hamster, from de ine-bsl-pro *kāmjas212 and of (2) de bat - ine-bsl-pro *staras,Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, s.v. “Hamster” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005).C.T. Onions, ed., Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, s.v. “hamster” (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996), 425. but this would require irregular compound formation (*хомѣкосторъ would be expected, unless perhaps the compound was based on a word whose diminutive was хомѣкъ) and an irregular Proto-Slavic *x from Proto-Balto-Slavic *k. Pronunciation de /ˈhamstɐ/ de De-Hamster.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m hamster Declension m Derived terms de Goldhamster de hamstern de Hamsterrad Related terms de Hamsterkauf Descendants ca hàmster 1 hy համստեր 1 en hamster 1 da hamster 1 nl hamster 1 fr hamster 1 lb Hamster 1 nb hamster 1 nn hamster 1 pt hamster 1 ro hamster 1 sv hamster 1 References Further reading de Cricetids Luxembourgish Etymology From lb de Hamster. Pronunciation lb /ˈhamsteʀ/ [ˈhɑmstɐ] Noun m hamster lb Rodents