Where does “sjekira” come from?
sjekira (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic sěkyra, from Latin secūris, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
sjekira (Serbo-Croatian): axe
Ancestry of “sjekira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | sěkyra | — |
| 2 | Latin | secūris | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “sjekira”