Etymology

unriddle

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Today it means: To figure out the answer to (a riddle). Full definition →

English riddle ← Middle English redel ← Old English rǣdels
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Germanic*rēdaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*rādan
  11. Proto-West Germanic*rādislī
  12. Old Englishrǣdels
  13. Middle Englishredelsbf.
  14. Middle Englishredel
  15. Englishriddle
  16. English todayunriddle

From un- + riddle.

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