Where does “хоккейші” come from?
хоккейші (Kazakh) comes from Russian хокке́й, from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.
хоккейші (Kazakh): hockey player
Definitions
- hockey player
Ancestry of “хоккейші”, step by step
хоккейші traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian хокке́й
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | хокке́й | hockey |
| 2 | English | hockey | Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of... |
| 3 | French | hoquet | hiccup |
via Kazakh ші
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakh | ші | — |