Eurasiatic: *ḳVtV
Meaning: to tear, split
Comments: Cf. also PIE *kad- `to injure, harm', *kaid- `to beat, hew', *kat- / *k'at- 'battle'; PK *kʷed- 'sharpen' (ND 1015); PA *k`àd[ú] 'be worn out, destroyed', *kā́jta 'to stick into'; PK *ḳod- 'delve' (? ND 1009 + Sem.), PD *koṭṭ- / *kuṭṭ- id. (Bomhard 1996, 228-230); *k̂aṬ- 'bite'; *kutt- 'pierce'; SDr *kāt- 'kill, fight' (ND 1224 *ḳ[a]ṭV 'to kill, wage a war' + SH). Obviously several roots (cf. *kUŋ[d]V, *ḳUdV).
