Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćhǝ̄k ( ~ ʒ́h-)
Meaning: robber, bandit
Tibetan: ʒ́ag robbing, robbery.
Kachin: (?) ʒok2, sok2 to scout, spy out.
Comments: Simon 9; Peiros-Starostin 213; Coblin 127. Cf. Austric forms: Thai ṣɨk, Khmer sɨk 'army, war', Mon sek 'quarrel, fight', Viet. xích, xếch id. - all probably < Chinese; also PAN *mu(ń)suh ~ mǝsah 'enemy' (Peiros 1998, 220)?