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Sleigh

2 stages from Dutch to English.

Today it means a vehicle mounted on runners, used for travel over snow or ice
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slee
Dutch · medieval
"a sled"
the Dutch word for a sled pulled over snow or ice
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sleigh
English · 1700s
"a vehicle on runners for travel over snow"
adopted through Dutch settlers in colonial America
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