Schlitten
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃlɪtən/
noun
Definitions
- sled; sledge; sleigh any vehicle moving over snow or ice on parallel skids
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German slite inherited from Old High German slito inherited from Proto-Germanic *slidô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slidô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dogsled English
- kicksled English
- mudsled English
- sled English
- sled head English
- sled-head English
- sleddable English
- sledder English
- sleddog English
- sledhead English
- sledlike English
- sledload English
- windsled English
- autoslitta Italian
- monoslitta Italian
- motoslitta Italian
- slitta Italian
- slittare Italian
- arrenslee Dutch, Flemish
- bobslee Dutch, Flemish
- hondenslee Dutch, Flemish
- slee Dutch, Flemish
- *sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *slidô Proto-Germanic
- släde Swedish
- sledde Middle English
- sleði Old Norse
- 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
- sliþi, slæþi Old Swedish