Where does “হকি” come from?

হকি (Bengali) comes from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.

হকি (Bengali): hockey

Definitions

  1. hockey

Ancestry of “হকি”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
2Frenchhoquethiccup
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