Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛŏt
Meaning: speak, say
Tibetan: śod (p. bśad) to say, to declare; ãćhad (p., f. bśad, i. śod) to explain; cf. also rʒ́od (p., f. brʒ́od) to say, to declare.
Kachin: (H) brat, prat to speak, as a foreign dialect with ease and accuracy.
Comments: Simon 18.