*plk: 'to divide, separate, demarcate'
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PS *plk 'to split, to separate' (EDA I 255, ◊P0436; SEDonline 1802). Hbr. päläk 'district' must be borrowed from Akk. pilku (HALOT 933; EDA I 255, ◊P0436). SEDonline 1802 and EDA I 255 (◊P0436) also set here Tgr. fälkät 'way between rocks, wall of rock' (WTS 653). Cf. K0249 *pVlVq- 'cleave'.
Updated 25 October 2026