sled
English
/slɛd/
noun
Definitions
- A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.
- (US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. contrast "sleigh", which is larger
- (slang) A snowmobile.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sledde derived from Middle Dutch sledde derived from Middle Low German sledde derived from Proto-Germanic *slidô root from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (slip, slide, be slippery, slippery).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sleydʰ-
Gloss
slip, slide, be slippery, slippery
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dog English
- dogsled English
- dogsledder English
- head English
- kick English
- kicksled English
- load English
- luge English
- luger English
- mud English
- mudsled English
- sled head English
- sled-head English
- sleddable English
- sledder English
- sleddog English
- sledhead English
- sledlike English
- sledload English
- slide English
- wind English
- windsled English
- Schlitten German
- autoslitta Italian
- monoslitta Italian
- motoslitta Italian
- slitta Italian
- slittare Italian
- arrenslee Dutch, Flemish
- bobslee Dutch, Flemish
- hondenslee Dutch, Flemish
- slee Dutch, Flemish
- luge French
- deslizar Spanish, Castilian
- luge Spanish, Castilian
- *sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *slidʰ-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
- *sléydʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- deslizar Portuguese
- luge Portuguese
- *slidrōną Proto-Germanic
- *slidô Proto-Germanic
- *slindraz Proto-Germanic
- sledde Middle English
- sleði Old Norse
- سریدن Persian
- sledde Middle Dutch
- slēde Middle Dutch
- slito Old High German
- slee Afrikaans
- slita Middle High German
- slite Middle High German
- Schlitt Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *slido Old Dutch
- sledde Middle Low German