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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)
- hamster
Declension
Declension of kāmis (2nd declension)
References
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 212