Where does “호케이” come from?

호케이 (Korean) comes from Russian хокке́й, from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.

호케이 (Korean): hockey

Definitions

  1. hockey

Ancestry of “호케이”, step by step

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