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)
  • Belarusian: тапо́р (tapór)
  • Ukrainian: топі́р (topír)
• 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]‎^[1] (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.]‎^[2] (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