securis

Mane (Îngilîzî)

an axe, hatchet with a broad edge

تهور

bivir

تەور

τσεκούρι

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

[sɛˈkuː.rɪs]

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.