Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć(h)V̆t
Meaning: cut off, tear, break
Tibetan: gćod (p. bćad, f. gćad, i. ćhod) to cut off, ćhod, ãćhad (p. ćhad) be cut off, ćhad-po rent, torn.
Burmese: ćut torn, damages (Luce).
Lushai: čat break, snap (as rope).
Comments: Trung a3-zat1 to cut (meat); Konyak (Wancho) tsat 'bite', Nusu tshuɔr id. Simon 17; Ben. 47; Luce 50; Gong 48. Can be actually a merger of two roots (with a rounded and unrounded vowel): cf. in OCh. also 截 *ʒ́_ēt 'cut, trim'.
