{"id":2735,"date":"2023-05-05T12:03:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T12:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2023-05-05T13:02:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T13:02:02","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2735","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Story\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-05-05T12:03:29+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure we\u2019re telling tales about the origins of the word story.\n\n\n\nA story [\u02c8st\u0254\u02d0.\u0279i] is:\n\n \tAn account of real or fictional events.\n \tA lie, fiction.\n \tHistory (obsolete).\n\nIt comes from Middle English storie (story, history, quip), from ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9513\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2735-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2735-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"story.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure we\u2019re telling tales about the origins of the word <strong>story<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pictoscribe\/52021052669\/in\/photolist-2nfVuzc-KRjp4e-gddhcs-8bATd-2gPEraP-bwtBup-2hQM5P-a2MDqJ-hWTEyA-f5HFjT-KRjTEn-f5XW69-HdPqna-tgVfSm-8Tvda3-7uFGZn-6DU4h-28DyUXC-dXEaNy-pzBEpN-5RWw5C-2ogB5bh-aDXLTU-9KHxfC-2ogF9EM-7x7vZU-2nBM6bQ-2o4gxUQ-nmSfDC-2mTTBAa-LFffFv-pzXCQN-5SA76b-2nfUbqL-ahMP3N-4GT4BA-hANzvD-9nXcwG-wtXqTd-2m1ZUtY-sdeQKs-2nWRyNJ-2ostTz7-7X9DRa-593Mtt-dn5TAx-2nWWu2x-pebSyc-2ossU7U-ENejUc\" title=\"In Honor of The Story Teller\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52021052669_0d4c374aea.jpg\" alt=\"In Honor of The Story Teller\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>story<\/strong> [\u02c8st\u0254\u02d0.\u0279i] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An account of real or fictional events.<\/li>\n<li>A lie, fiction.<\/li>\n<li>History (<em>obsolete<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <em>storie<\/em> (story, history, quip), from Old French <em>estoire<\/em> (history, story, tale), from Latin <em>historia<\/em> [is\u02c8to\u027eja] (history, account, story), from Ancient Greek <em>\u1f31\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03b1<\/em> (histor\u00eda &#8211; learning through research, narration of what is learned), from <em>\u1f31\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9<\/em> (histor\u00e9\u014d &#8211; to learn through research, to inquire), from <em>\u1f35\u03c3\u03c4\u03c9\u03c1<\/em> (h\u00edst\u014dr &#8211; the one who knows, the expert, the judge), from PIE <em>*w\u00e9ydt\u014dr<\/em> (knowner, wise person), from <em>*weyd-<\/em> (to see) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/story#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>English words from the same roots include <strong>guide<\/strong>, <strong>history<\/strong>, <strong>idea<\/strong>, <strong>idol<\/strong>, <strong>idyll<\/strong>, <strong>video<\/strong>, <strong>vision<\/strong>, <strong>visit<\/strong>, <strong>wise<\/strong>, <strong>wit<\/strong> and <strong>wizard<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/weyd-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Old English the word for story was <strong>talu<\/strong>, which also meant tale, talk or account. It comes from Proto-West Germanic <em>*talu<\/em> (narration, report), from Proto-Germanic <em>*tal\u014d<\/em> (narration, report), from PIE <em>*del-<\/em> (to reckon, calculate) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/talu#Old_English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>tale<\/strong>, <strong>talk<\/strong> and <strong>tell<\/strong> in English, <strong>taal<\/strong> (language) in Dutch, <strong>Zahl<\/strong> (number, numeral, figure) in German, and <strong>tala<\/strong> (to speak, tell, talk) in Swedish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/tal%C5%8D\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b9vkrk4TyaE\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b9vkrk4TyaE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> [afflilate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>, and I explore etymological connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Story\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-05-05T12:03:29+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure we\u2019re telling tales about the origins of the word story.\n\n\n\nA story [\u02c8st\u0254\u02d0.\u0279i] is:\n\n \tAn account of real or fictional events.\n \tA lie, fiction.\n \tHistory (obsolete).\n\nIt comes from Middle English storie (story, history, quip), from ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9514\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2735-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2735-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/story.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"story.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure we\u2019re telling tales about the origins of the word story. A story [\u02c8st\u0254\u02d0.\u0279i] is: An account of real or fictional events. A lie, fiction. History (obsolete). It comes from Middle English storie (story, history, quip), from Old French estoire (history, story, tale), from Latin historia [is\u02c8to\u027eja] (history, account, story), from Ancient Greek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,97,47,20,56,24,4,50,58,55,109,1,57,59,119,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-ancient-greek-","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-german","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-english","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-west-germanic","category-swedish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2740,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions\/2740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}