Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *P(r)ŏt (~-ɨa-,-ua-)
Meaning: cast, remove
Burmese: prut be removed, separated.
Comments: Kham pǝt gunshot. Cf. also Tib. (Schm.) bjod-pa Fortgang, Fortschritt; sbrad, sbrod deliver, ãphrod be delivered. ? Cf. perhaps Gangte, Tiddim pet 'bite' (for semantics cf. Tib. rgjag, rgjab 'throw' - so rgjag, rgjab 'bite').