Where does “riddling” come from?
Riddling comes from English riddle, from Middle English redel, from Old English rǣdels, from Old French rider, from Proto-Germanic hrīdrą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to sift or separate.
riddling (English): present participle of riddle; Material removed by...
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- present participle of riddle; Material removed by...
Ancestry of “riddling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | redel | — |
| 2 | Middle English | redels | — |
| 3 | Old English | rǣdels | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rādislī | advice, consultation; supposition, guess,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rādan | to advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
Words derived from “riddling”