After more than 3 decades of knowing these words, I finally realised that the German words for 'tax' and 'steering thing' (like a steering wheel) are identical (apart from grammatical gender), both being "Steuer".
And apparently not only that, it's not just a coincidence. They both come from the same word that just diverged in meaning (apparently it meant something like "support")!
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Related: Steuerung = 'control unit'/'steering'(n), Besteuerung = taxation















