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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *xoměstorъ (“hamster”) + *-kъ.
Noun
*xomě̀kъ m
- hamster
Declension
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoměkъ / *xomikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
- Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “хомяк”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 497
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “хомя́к”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 350
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хом'я́к”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 199