Where does “hockeykølle” come from?

hockeykølle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kølle, from Danish kølle, from Old Norse kylfa — a club.

hockeykølle (Norwegian Bokmål): hockey stick

Definitions

  1. hockey stick

Ancestry of “hockeykølle”, step by step

hockeykølle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kølle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkøllehockey stick; golf club; baton, nightstick
2Danishkølleclub
3Old Norsekylfaa club

via Norwegian Bokmål hockey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhockeyhockey
2EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
3Frenchhoquethiccup
Every word from Old Norse kylfa →Every word from Danish kølle →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål kølle →