Where does “загадка” come from?
загадка (Russian) comes from Russian загада́ть, from Russian гада́ть, from Proto-Slavic gaďati.
загадка (Russian): riddle, enigma
Ancestry of “загадка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | загада́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | гада́ть | to divine, to foretell; to conjecture, guess,... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | gaďati | — |
Words derived from “загадка”