Where does “jéghoki” come from?

jéghoki (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian jég, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.

jéghoki (Hungarian): ice hockey

Definitions

  1. ice hockey

Ancestry of “jéghoki”, step by step

jéghoki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian jég

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjégice
2Proto-Uralicjäŋeice

via Hungarian hoki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhokihockey
Every word from Proto-Uralic jäŋeEvery word from Hungarian jég