Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *bV́rV

Meaning: tasty, sweet; pungent

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *Par

Yenisseian: *piʔr₁-

Burushaski: *babár-

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Par

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pungent

Tibetan: ber sharpness, pungency (of spices, spirits etc.).

Burmese: phan be tart, pungent (of taste).

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *pi(ʔ)r₁-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sweet

Ket: hiĺaŋ⁵ / hīĺaŋ¹; cf. South. hīĺ "sweet mass under the birch bark" (Werner 1, 320 hīĺ / hiʔĺ)

Yug: fɔraŋ⁵; cf. fiʔr "sweet mass under the birch bark"

Kottish: falaŋ, phalaŋ; cf. fil, pl. filaŋ "tree sap"; (Бол.) palanga "sweetly"

Arin: kulun-pala (Лоск.) "sweetly"

Comments: ССЕ 249. Let us note a rare and probably archaic alternation of vowels in this nominal root (Yug fiʔr : fɔraŋ = Kott. fil : falaŋ < PY *pi(ʔ)r₁ : *pɔ(ʔ)raŋ). Werner 1, 312, 320 <*p^hǝʎaŋ, *p^hiʎ>.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *babár-

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: sharp (of taste), pungent

Yasin: babárum

Hunza: babárum

Nagar: babárum

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : PVRV

Meaning : tasty, sweet; pungent

Sino-Caucasian : *bV́rV

Austric : PAN *qambaR, *tabaR 'tasteless, insipid'

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