sterg-, sterk-

    sterg-, sterk-

    English meaning: to care for, take care of

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sorgend worauf achten, hegen and pflegen”

    Material: Gk. στέργω “love; bin zufrieden”, στοργή “love, affection “; Ir. serc “love” wird because of Welsh serch ds. rather as *sterkü here, as to ser-2 or ser-4 belong; to Slav. *sterg- “ whereupon sorgend achten, guard, watch”: O.C.S. strěgǫ, strěšti ‘servare, beware, guard”, stražь = Russ. stórož “Wächter” etc.

    References: WP. II 642, Trautmann 257 f., Vasmer 3, 12, 20.