Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*stiurijaną
3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną, most common first.
- sternHaving a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- steerTo guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- starboardThe right-hand side of, originally, a ship or other marine vessel, and now also an aircraft or spacecraft, when one is facing the front, or the bow or fore.