Lemizh / English dictionary

stàd.

to make stories about something-dat (or as a sibling acc object in certain constructions that have ‘story’ in the fact; like ‘poem’ in unit 14, Objects related to language)

Etymology

< NLem stedr‑a ‘legend’
< LMLem stètur‑ar ‘legendary warrior’
< MLem steetur‑ar
< OLem stētur‑ ‘legend(ary warrior)’
< PLem *stewtor‑ ‘fighter, warrior’
< PIE *stéu̯p‑tor‑s ‘hitter, brawler’, event agent of
  PIE *steu̯p‑ ‘push, hit’

doublet of stedràj., stedràc. and tàp.

This is the regular outcome of NLem stedra ‘legend’. Modern stedrÌj. ‘novel’ (with poststem from plural) and stedrÌc. ‘legend’ (with poststem from singular) are academic formations: the singular poststem originally signified literary forms with unity of action (drama, various forms of short stories), while the plural poststem signified forms without such unity (epos, novel).

Cognates

Eng type (via Gk), Lat stupeō ‘be stunned, be amazed’