Etymology of sled

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Unnumbered source etymology

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verb

To ride a sled. · To convey on a sled.

noun

A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it. · A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs. · A snowmobile. · A car (automobile) or truck, usually called so with the implication of sledlike traits: heavy, low-slung, and prone to going fast but not braking or cornering particularly well.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃sléydʰeti Proto-Germanic *slīdaną Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-Germanic *slidô Old Dutch *slido Middle Dutch sleddebor. ▲ Proto-Germanic *slidô Old Saxon slido Middle Low German sledebor. Middle English sledde English sled From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.

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Root classification mention*h₃sleydʰ-ine-pro
Inherited-form mentionsleddeenm
Derivation mentionsleddedum
Derivation mentionsleddegml
Cognate mentionsleenl
Cognate mentionSledennds
Derivation mention*slidôgem-pro
Cognate mentionsliedestq
Cognate mentionSchlittende
Cognate mentionsledeno
Doublet mentionsleighen

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