Where does “hockey” come from?

hockey (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.

hockey (Norwegian Bokmål): hockey

Definitions

  1. hockey

Ancestry of “hockey”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hockey”

Every word from French hoquet →Every word from English hockey →