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===Etymology===
The modern English word ''riddle'' shares its origin with the word ''read'', both stemming from the [[Proto-Germanic language|Common Germanic]] verb [[Linguistic reconstruction|*]]''rēdaną'', which meant 'to interpret, guess'. From this verb came the [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] noun *''rādislī'', literally meaning 'thing to be guessed, thing to be interpreted'. From this comes Dutch ''raadsel'', German ''Rätsel'', and [[Old English]] *''rǣdels'', the latter of which became modern English ''riddle''.<ref>"[https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/165631 Riddle, n. 1]", ''Oxford English Dictionary Online'', 3rd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).</ref>
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