stýra
Icelandic
/ˈstiːra/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to steer
- to control, govern
- (grammar) to govern
- (statistics) to control (for a variable; used with the preposition fyrir (for))
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse stýra inherited from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (steer, ferry).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stiurijaną
Gloss
steer, ferry
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *stiurijaną Proto-Germanic
- stieran Old English
- stēoran Old English
- steere Middle English
- stýra Old Norse
- fjarstýra Icelandic
- kerfi Icelandic
- stýrikerfi Icelandic
- stiuren Old High German
- stýra Faroese
- stiuren Old Dutch
- styra Old Swedish
- styra, stȳra Old Swedish
- styr Westrobothnian