Where does “hockeyklubba” come from?

hockeyklubba (Swedish) comes from Swedish klubba, from Old Norse klubba, from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

hockeyklubba (Swedish): a hockey stick

Definitions

  1. a hockey stick

Ancestry of “hockeyklubba”, step by step

hockeyklubba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish klubba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklubbaa club, a bludgeon; a club; a stick
2Old Norseklubbacudgel
3Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
5Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via Swedish hockey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhockeyhockey
2EnglishhockeyIce hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of...
3Frenchhoquethiccup
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →