Where does “slegge” come from?

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

slegge (Middle English): sledgehammer

Definitions

  1. sledgehammer

Ancestry of “slegge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsleċġsledgehammer; mallet
2Proto-Germanicslagjǭsledge; mallet; hammer
3Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “slegge”

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