Where does “ishockey” come from?
ishockey (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål is, from Old Norse íss, from Proto-Germanic īsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eyH- — ice, frost.
ishockey (Norwegian Bokmål): ice hockey
Ancestry of “ishockey”, step by step
ishockey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål is
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | is | ice, ice cream; ice cream on a stick or cone |
| 2 | Old Norse | íss | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |
via Norwegian Bokmål hockey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hockey | hockey |
| 2 | English | hockey | Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of... |
| 3 | French | hoquet | hiccup |