Long-range etymologies : Query result

Borean (approx.) : PVRV

Meaning : to tear, break, split

Eurasiatic : *p`äŕ[a]

Afroasiatic : *par-

Sino-Caucasian : ST *p(h)raj(H)

African (misc.) : Bantu *-bàd- 'split'.

Notes : Very probably two roots: cf. the opposition in Dravidian; in Kartv. cf. also *ṗir- 'to beat, sharpen (a scythe)'; in Altaic - *p`i̯ā́rV 'to split, crack'; in ST - *prăt (~ bh-) 'divide, cut off', *pro (~b-,-ew,-aw) 'to destroy', *prV̄t (~ bh-) id.

Reference : МССНЯ 330, 360, ОСНЯ 2, 100-101; ND 1775; Guthrie 10.