Where does “하키 선수” come from?

하키 선수 (Korean) comes from Korean 하키, from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.

하키 선수 (Korean): hockey player

Definitions

  1. hockey player

Ancestry of “하키 선수”, step by step

하키 선수 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 하키

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

via Korean 선수(選手)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean선수(選手)
Every word from French hoquet
하키 선수 — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer