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sledge (n.1)
"heavy hammer," Old English
slecg
, from Proto-Germanic
*slagj-
(cf. Old Norse
sleggja
, Middle Swedish
sleggia
"sledgehammer"), related to
slean
"to strike" (see
slay
).
Sledgehammer
thus is pleonastic.
sledge (n.2)
"sleigh," 1610s, from dialectal Dutch
sleedse
, variant of
slede
(see
sled
(n.)); said to be of Frisian origin.