Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=ĭṭV
Meaning: to cut, divide, break
Comments and references : BCD 8. In PST cf. alternatively *t(h)a `knife, axe' 1017; in PNC - also *ʔVrṭV `to sting'. Perhaps two roots, but hard to distinguish. [Cf. *=ǟtwV, *=āṭwV, *=adV]. Cf. also Basque *bat 'one' ( < 'separate'?)