Etymology

sledgemeter

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Today it means: A wheel-based instrument attached to a sledge to measure the distance travelled over snow and ice. Full definition →

English meter ← Middle English metere ← Old English metan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*slak-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*slag-
  3. Proto-Germanic*slagjǭ
  4. Proto-Germanic*slagjō
  5. Proto-West Germanic*slaggju
  6. Old Englishsleċġ
  7. Middle Englishslegge
  8. Englishsledge
  9. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*médeti
  11. Proto-Germanic*metaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*metan
  13. Old Englishmetan
  14. Middle Englishmeten
  15. Middle Englishmetere
  16. Englishmeter
  17. English todaysledgemeter

From sledge + meter.

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