Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=āṭwV
Meaning: to cut, knife
Comments and references : In ST cf. additionally *tīw(H) `carve', *dūH `beat, pound', *tu ( ~ -iw) `hammer'. Probably more than one root with *-ṭw-, but reflexes in PNC could have merged. Cf. also *ṭwVnV. [Cf. *=ĭṭV, *=ǟtwV, *=adV].