Where does “bobsledge” come from?

bobsledge (English) comes from English Sledge, from Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ, from Proto-Germanic slagjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

bobsledge (English): a sled used to go down a bob track

Definitions

  1. a sled used to go down a bob track

Ancestry of “bobsledge”, step by step

bobsledge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Sledge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSledgea surname
2Middle Englishsleggesledgehammer
3Old Englishsleċġsledgehammer; mallet
4Proto-Germanicslagjǭsledge; mallet; hammer
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via English Bob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBobA generic male person
2Middle Englishbobbento strike, to shake; to strike, beat, shake, jog

Words derived from “bobsledge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slagjǭ →Every word from Old English sleċġ →
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