Etymology

bobsled

B3O1B3S1L1E1D2

Today it means: Synonym of bobsleigh: a sled used to go down a bob track. Full definition →

English sled ← Middle English sledde ← Middle Low German slede
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The story

  1. Englishbob
  2. Proto-Germanic*slīdaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*slidô
  4. Old Dutch*slido
  5. Middle Dutchsledde
  6. Proto-Germanic*slidô
  7. Old Saxonslido
  8. Middle Low Germanslede
  9. Middle Englishsledde
  10. Englishsled
  11. English todaybobsled

From bob + sled.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.