steer

• vt. 制御する、操縦する、運転する
• vi.運転する、操縦する; 運転する
• n. 去勢者
• n. （ステア）人名；（英）Steele；（独、ハンガリー）St?rer

古英語のsteranから、運転する、操縦する、導く、案内する、原語ゲルマン語の*steurjanから、運転する、操縦する、*steuroから、舵、PIE *staから、立つ、建てる、語源的にはstandから。

古英語の steor 去勢雄牛、肉牛から、原ゲルマン語*steuraz, 雄牛、PIE*steu-ro, 大型家畜、がっしりした動物から、PIE*sta, 立つことから、stand, Taurusから。

steer

steer: Steer ‘control direction’ [OE] and steer ‘young ox’ [OE] are quite unrelated. The latter comes from a prehistoric Germanic *(s)teuraz, which also produced German and Dutch stier, Swedish tjur, and Danish tyr ‘bull’. It was descended from a base denoting ‘strength’ or ‘sturdiness’ (source also of Sanskrit somethingūra- ‘strong, thick’), and may be related to Latin taurus ‘bull’. Steer ‘control direction’ comes from a prehistoric Germanic *steurjan, source also of German steuern, Dutch stieren, Swedish styra, and Danish styre.

This in turn was derived from the noun *steurō ‘steering’, which also lies behind English stern and the first syllable of starboard.
=> starboard, stern

steer (v.)

"guide the course of a vehicle," originally by a rudder or something like it, Old English steran (Mercian), stieran (West Saxon) "steer, guide, direct; govern, rule; restrain, correct, punish," from Proto-Germanic *steurjan (cognates: Old Norse styra, Old Frisian stiora, Dutch sturen, Old High German stiuren, German steuern "to steer," Gothic stiurjan "to establish, assert"), related to *steuro "a rudder, a steering," from PIE *steu-ro- (cognates: Greek stauros "stake, pole"), extended form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

The notion is of a stiff, upright pillar or post used in steering, or else perhaps "establish," hence "direct, steer." Intransitive sense also was in Old English. To steer clear of in the figurative sense of "to avoid completely" is recorded from 1723. Related: Steered; steering.

steer (n.)

"young ox," Old English steor "bullock," from Proto-Germanic *steuraz (cognates: Old Saxon stior, Old Norse stjorr, Swedish tjur, Danish tyr, Middle Dutch, Dutch, German stier, Gothic stiur "bull"), perhaps from PIE *steu-ro-, denoting "larger domestic animal" (see taurus). In U.S. of male beef cattle of any age.

1. The rabbis try to steer clear of political questions.

ラビたちは政治問題を避けようと努力している。

2.The book tries to steer you through the maze of alternative therapies.

本書は、さまざまな非伝統的療法について迷い込んでいくことを目的としています。

3.Father tried to steer Jim into becoming a musician.

父は将来音楽家になるようジムを説得しようとした。

4.The chairman was able to steer the committee towards a decision.

主席能導委員会が決定する。

5.It takes a skilled pilot to steer the ship through.

この狭い港の入り口を船が通り過ぎることができる熟練したナビゲーター。