securis

Oznaczający (Angielski)

an axe, hatchet with a broad edge

siekiera

topór

τσεκούρι

hakbijl

Beil

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Wymawiane jako (IPA)

[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.