Where does “unriddler” come from?
unriddler (English) comes from English unriddle, 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 — to fit, to fix, to put together.
unriddler (English): One who unriddles; a solver of puzzles
Definitions
- One who unriddles; a solver of puzzles
Ancestry of “unriddler”, step by step
unriddler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unriddle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unriddle | To figure out the answer to; To solve |
| 2 | English | riddle | A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an... |
| 3 | Middle English | redel | A riddle or enigma; an statement designed to be cryptic |
| 4 | Middle English | redels | A riddle or enigma; an statement designed to be cryptic |
| 5 | Old English | rǣdels | — |
| 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 |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |