Where does “хокеист” come from?

хокеист (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian хо́кей, from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.

хокеист (Bulgarian): hockey player

Definitions

  1. hockey player

Ancestry of “хокеист”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianхо́кейhockey
2EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
3Frenchhoquethiccup
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