Hamster

== 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”). Alternatively, a compound of (1) хомѣкъ (xoměkŭ, “hamster”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kāmjas and of (2) Baltic *staras, 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/ === Noun === Hamster m (strong, genitive Hamsters, plural Hamster) hamster ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Goldhamster hamstern ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: hàmster → English: hamster, hampster (obsolete)→ Cornish: hamster→ Japanese: ハムスター (hamusutā)→ Korean: 햄스터 (haemseuteo)→ Scottish Gaelic: hamstair→ Tagalog: hamster→ Thai: แฮมสเตอร์ (hɛms-dtə̂ə)→ Turkish: hamster → Danish: hamster → Dutch: hamster→ Papiamentu: hamster → French: hamster → Luxembourgish: Hamster → Norwegian Bokmål: hamster → Norwegian Nynorsk: hamster → Portuguese: hamster → Romanian: hamster → Swedish: hamster === References === === 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) hamster