STEDT Etymon #3000
1.0 The Body > 1.6 Diffuse Organs > 1.6.5 Skin
#3000 PTB *bak STRIP OFF |
This root is so far sparsely attested, with support only from Lahu and Chinese. The voiced Lahu initial points to a PLB prenasalized consonant *mb‑.
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 441484 | 3000 | 831 | bàʔ | slice/cut into lengths | Lahu (Black) | 47 | 6.1.2.2 | Central Loloish | 1 | Matisoff 88 DL | JAM-DL | 933 | 0 | |
| 33501 | 3000 | 839 | bàʔ | cut into boards | Lahu (Black) | 47 | 6.1.2.2 | Central Loloish | 1 | Matisoff 72 LTSR | JAM-TSR | 111(d) | 0 | |
| 441485 | 3000,m,450 | 831 | bàʔ bà ve | slice off (as a strip of bark) | Lahu (Black) | 47 | 6.1.2.2 | Central Loloish | 1 | Matisoff 88 DL | JAM-DL | 933 | 1 | |
| 210779 | 3000 | 851 | bᴀ²¹ | cut (firewood) | Lahu (Black) | 47 | 6.1.2.2 | Central Loloish | 1 | Sun H 91 ZMYY | ZMYYC | 604.33 | 0 | |
| 441483 | 3000 | 481 | pŭk | cut, flay, peel; lay bare | Chinese (Old/Mid) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Karlgren 57 GSR | GSR | 1228a | 0 |
剥 OC *pŭk, GSR #1228a ‘cut, flay, peel’; WHB-OC 544; Schuessler 157; Li: *pruk; Baxter: *prok > Mand. bō ~ bāo.
The poor vowel correspondence, and the lack of a directly attested *‑r‑ on the TB side,2 cast doubt on the proposed cognate, but more TB support for the root would be necessary to reconstruct a reliable PTB root and fully evaluate the connection.
Schuessler cites Manomaivibool 1975:120 and relates the Chinese word to Thai pɔɔkD1 ‘to peel’ and Thai lɔɔkD2 ‘to skin, peel’ ⪤ plɔɔkD1 ‘encasement, slipcover, sheath’ < PTai *dlɔɔk.