топоръ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *toporъ (combat tool).

Noun

топоръ (toporŭ) m

  1. poleaxe
  2. a tool for cutting/felling/chopping and adzing

Derived terms

  • топорище (toporišče, axe handle)
  • топоръкъ (toporŭkŭ, small axe) (13/15th century)
  • топорьць (toporĭcĭ, small axe)

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: топо́ръ (topór)
  • Russian: топо́р (topór)
  • Finnish: tappara (axe)
  • Old Norse: taparøx (battle-ax, small axe)
    • Old English: taporæx (hatchet (securis parvula))

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “топоръ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 980
  • Kryvko, R. N., editor (2015), “топоръ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), numbers 30 (томъ – уберечися), Moscow, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 45
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “топор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “топор”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 250
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