#5824 PTB *phya-k OPEN / RELEASE (provisional)

We posit a PTB etymon *phya(k) ‘open; release’ based on evidence mostly from Himalayish languages. An allofamic relationship with #5616 PTB *pryak SEPARATE / SPLIT is likely; at the same time, *phya(k) and *pryak differ in their semantic focus as well as their areal distribution within Tibeto-Burman. Perhaps the two etyma might be treated as mesoroots of an PTB super-etymon, as yet unproposed.

Good Chinese comparanda exist for both *phyak and *pryak; these comparanda can themselves be considered allofamic within Chinese.