Where does “загадывать” come from?

загадывать (Russian) comes from Russian загада́ть, from Russian гада́ть, from Proto-Slavic gaďati — to guess, to conjecture.

загадывать (Russian): to set, to offer; to think; to make plans, to...

Definitions

  1. to set, to offer; to think; to make plans, to...

Ancestry of “загадывать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзагада́ть(riddle) to set, to offer
2Russianгада́тьto divine, to foretell; to conjecture, guess,...
3Proto-Slavicgaďatito guess, to conjecture
Every word from Proto-Slavic gaďati →Every word from Russian гада́ть →Every word from Russian загада́ть →