3.0 Natural Objects, Plants, Foods > 3.2 Natural Objects > 3.2.12 Fire > 3.2.12.1 Verbs pertaining to fire

#5891 PTB *C-n(w)an ⪤ *C-n(w)at BURN / LIGHT (fire) / HOT (provisional)

Suggest this etymon be merged with, or treated as a mesoroot along with, #6239 PTani *‑not² ~ ñot² KINDLE, to form a single PTB etymon.

#5929 PTB *C‑nwəy WARM / HOT is an allofam.

There are a number of excellent Chinese comparanda.

Chinese comparandum

熱 ‘hot’; Schuessler 2007:440 *ŋet or *net; B & S 2011: *C.nat (or *C.ŋet ?); Mand. rè.
爇 焫 ‘burn; hot’; Schuessler 2007:448 *ŋiot or *not ?; B & S 2011 *not ‘burn’; Mand. ruò.

燃 ‘burn, ignite’; Schuessler 2007:439 *nan; B & S 2011: *C.nan {C.na[n]}; Mand. rán.
煽 ‘blaze; splendid’; Schuessler 2007:439 *nhans; Mand. shàn.

暖 煗 ‘warm’; Schuessler 2007:406 *nônʔ; Mand. nuǎn.
渜 ‘hot water’; Schuessler 2007:406 *nônʔ/s; Mand. nuǎn.