6.0 Verbs of Motion, of Manipulation, and of Production > 6.21 Acquisitions

#5907 PTB *ʔ-m-(p)rawk ROB / STEAL (provisional)

Likely an allofam of #2622 PKC *m‑ruːk STEAL; might conceivably be merged with latter as a single, PTB-level etymon.

Note that in most reflexes of the current etymon in STEDT Tibetan dialect data, earlier (cf. WT) initial phr‑ has shifted to modern tʂh‑. In Lhasa, earlier phr‑ may shift either to tʂh‑ or plain initial ph‑, and in fact, Lhasa shows a doublet reflex for ‘rob / loot’ here: tʂho⁵²/pho⁵²

Chinese comparandum

掠 略 lüè, lüě; S369
*rak {[r]ak}; *rak/*raŋh ‘rob, ransack, plunder’