slegge
Middle English
/slɛdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- sledgehammer
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sleċġ (sledgehammer, mallet) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slagjǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sledge English
- sledgehammer English
- sledgelike English
- sledger English
- sledgie English
- *slagjǭ Proto-Germanic
- sleċġ Old English
- sleggja Old Norse
- slej Welsh
- *slegga Old Dutch