Where does “blokkiesraaisel” come from?
blokkiesraaisel (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans raaisel, from Afrikaans raadsel, from Dutch raadsel, from Middle Dutch raetsel, from Old Dutch rādisli, from Proto-West Germanic rādislī, from Proto-West Germanic rādan, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną — to fit, to fix, to put together.
blokkiesraaisel (Afrikaans): crossword; crossword puzzle
Definitions
- crossword; crossword puzzle
Ancestry of “blokkiesraaisel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | raaisel | riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery |
| 2 | Afrikaans | raadsel | Alternative form of raaisel |
| 3 | Dutch | raadsel | riddle; mystery |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | raetsel | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | rādisli | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rādislī | advice, consultation; supposition, guess,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | rādan | to advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |