sleigh
SLAY · noun
Origin
Sleigh comes from Modern Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, tracing back to Proto-Germanic *slidô.
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Related words
Sleigh is a doublet of sled, meaning the two words descend from the same root through different paths, and both connect back to the idea behind 'slide.'