kāmis

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See also: kamis, Kamis, and kamış

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kāmjas (compare Lithuanian kãmas (rat)). Probably influenced by an Iranian language (Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (hamaēstar, pest, one who makes mess)).[1]

Noun

kāmis m (2nd declension)

  1. hamster

Declension

References

  1. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 212