securis

Betekenis (Engels)

an axe, hatchet with a broad edge

Sinonieme

ascia

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Vertalings

machado

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axe

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ascia

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hache

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Axt

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bijl

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hacha

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destral

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balta

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scure

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accetta

cognée

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τσεκούρι

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[sɛˈkuː.rɪs]

Etimologie (Engels)

Related to secō (“cut”) and Proto-Slavic *sekyra (“axe”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Compare also how in spite of the continuation of secūris in Spanish as segur one keeps from the verb a segadera with a similar meaning. See also English sickle.