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Where does “sekirica” come from?

sekirica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian śekira, from Serbo-Croatian sjekira, from Proto-Slavic sěkyra, from Latin secūris, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sekirica (Serbo-Croatian): hatchet, a small axe

Definitions

  1. hatchet, a small axe

Ancestry of “sekirica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianśekiraaxe
2Serbo-Croatiansjekiraaxe
3Proto-Slavicsěkyra—
4Latinsecūris—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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