Etymograph

English

Stundist

Stundist may come from German Stunde ‘hour’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentStunde‘hour’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayStundist

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentStunde‘hour’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayStundist

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’

state, system, post, stay, rest, instance, assistant, contest, standing, distance, assistance, stable, constitution, stadium, consistent, establishment, instant, stability, establish, destination, substance, stem, testimony, destiny, assist, static, resist, insist, distant, persistent, consist, stationary, prostitution, stool, prostitute, extant, stud, stamina, stale, persist, 157 more

through Proto-Germanic *standaną ‘to stand’

stand, stood, 4 more

Today it means

noun A member of a large sect of Russian radical Protestant dissenters founded near Odessa around 1860, who adhere to a literal reading of the Bible and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship, influenced by German Protestant settlers.

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