Where does “riddlelike” come from?
riddlelike (English) comes from English riddle, from Middle English redel, from Middle English redels, from Old English rǣdels, from Proto-West Germanic rādislī, from Proto-West Germanic rādan, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
riddlelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a riddle
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a riddle
Ancestry of “riddlelike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | riddle | A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an... |
| 2 | Middle English | redel | — |
| 3 | Middle English | redels | — |
| 4 | Old English | rǣdels | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rādislī | advice, consultation; supposition, guess,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rādan | to advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |