Where does “хокеј” come from?

хокеј (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English hockey, from French hoquet — hiccup.

хокеј (Serbo-Croatian): hockey

Definitions

  1. hockey

Ancestry of “хокеј”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
2Frenchhoquethiccup
Every word from French hoquet →Every word from English hockey →