Hamster

See also: hamster, hámster, hàmster, and hâmster

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hamster, from Old High German hamastra, hamustro, probably from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ (xoměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (xoměstarŭ). Further explained as a borrowing into Slavic from Iranian, compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭- (hamaēstar-, “who throws down (in this case: corn stalks), oppresses”).[1][2] Alternatively, a compound of (1) хомѣкъ (xoměkŭ, “hamster”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kāmjas[3] and of (2) Baltic *staras,[4][5] 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
  • IPA(key): /ˈhamstɐ/
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Noun

Hamster m (strong, genitive Hamsters, plural Hamster)

  1. hamster

Declension
Declension of Hamster [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hamster die Hamster
genitive eines des Hamsters der Hamster
dative einem dem Hamster den Hamstern
accusative einen den Hamster die Hamster

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Hamster”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/vasmer/50350/%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BA
  3. Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 212
  4. Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, s.v. “Hamster” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005).
  5. C.T. Onions, ed., Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, s.v. “hamster” (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996), 425.

Further reading
  • “Hamster” in Duden online
  • “Hamster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Hamster.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhamsteʀ/, [ˈhɑmstɐ]

Noun

Hamster m (plural Hamsteren)

  1. hamster
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