Proto-West Germanic

*rādan

‘to advise, counsel, help’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *rādan.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, most familiar first.

• read ← reden ← rǣdan
• reed ← reden ← rǣdan
• riddle ← redel ← rǣdels ← *rādislī
• rede ← reden ← rǣdan
• riddling ← redel ← rǣdels ← *rādislī
• raden ← rādan
• reeding ← reden ← rǣdan

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *rādan