Where does “хоккеист” come from?
хоккеист (Russian) comes from Russian хокке́й, from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.
хоккеист (Russian): hockey player
Ancestry of “хоккеист”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | хокке́й | — |
| 2 | English | hockey | Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of... |
| 3 | French | hoquet | hiccup |