Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rādislī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *rādan (“to advise; to guess, interpret”) +‎ *-islī.

Noun

*rādislī n

1. advice, consultation
2. supposition, guess, interpretation
3. a riddle, puzzle

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rādislī
Genitive	*rādislijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rādislī	*rādisliju
Accusative	*rādislī	*rādisliju
Genitive	*rādislijas	*rādislijō
Dative	*rādislijē	*rādislijum
Instrumental	*rādisliju	*rādislijum

Descendants

• Old English: rǣdels, rǣdelse, rǣsele
  • Middle English: redels, redel, rydel, ridil
    • English: riddle
    • Scots: riddill, riddil
    • → Norn: ridl
• Old Saxon: rādisli, rādislo
  • Middle Low German: rēdisle, rātsel, rādelse, rēdelse
    • German Low German: Raadsel
    • Low German: redelse, radelse
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: redelschen, redelszen
• Old Dutch: *rādisli, *rādsili
  • Middle Dutch: ratsele, raetsel, rādeles, rāles
    • Dutch: raadsel
      • Afrikaans: rasel, raaisel
• Old High German: rādisli (hapax, Ripuarian)
  • Middle High German: rātsal, rētsel (rare, Central German)
    • German: Rätsel