Re: [tied] Re: Hamster (was: Vanir,etc.)

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:19:30 +0100, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

>17-01-04 16:27, Sergejus Tarasovas wrote:
>
>> I must admit I know nothing about the history of Lith.
>> _stãras_ 'ground squirrel, suslik (Citellus)' (thus at least in
>> Standar Lithuanian). Slavic *storU 'hamster' is unknown to me.
>
>Nor is it to me. Polish <chomik> (earlier <chomiek>) and East Slavic
><xom'ak> are of course truncated diminutives of *xome^stor.

What's the evidence for *xome^stor?

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