Etymograph

English

sled

Sled comes from Middle Low German slede, from Proto-Germanic *slidô ‘sled, sleigh’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip, slide’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃sleydʰ-‘to slip, slide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃sléydʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slīdaną‘to slide, to slip’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slidô‘sled, sleigh’reconstructed
  5. Old Saxonc. 800–1200slido
  6. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600slede
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sledde
  8. Englishtodaysled

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃sleydʰ-‘to slip, slide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃sléydʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slīdaną‘to slide, to slip’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slidô‘sled, sleigh’reconstructed
  5. Old Saxonc. 800–1200slido
  6. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600slede
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sledde
  8. Englishtodaysled

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip, slide’

slender, luge, slither, 4 more

through Proto-Germanic *slīdaną ‘to slide, to slip’

slide, 1 more

through Proto-Germanic *slidô ‘sled, sleigh’

sleigh

Today it means

noun A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- / sled

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