*prṣ̂ - to cut, to pierce, to incise (EDA I 307)

Reflected only in Arabic and ES. See EDA I:308 for the discussion. May ultimately be derived from PS *prṣ̂ with a semantic shift ‘to break, to cut’ > ‘to decide, to order’, cf. Arb. ḥaqq-, Hebr. ḥōḳ < PWS *ḥḳḳ and Arm. gəzērā < PWS *gzr (EDA I:308). Eventually, the possibility of Akk. > Arb. loan, though being barely conceiveable, is not to be completely neglected (Kogan–Krebernik 2021a:390ff.).

Alternatively, could be traced back to *prṣ ‘to break, to cut’ or *prṯ̣ ‘to separate vertebrae from one another’. Derived words: napraṣu (part of a spindle; a tool, perhaps a chisel) (CAD N₁ 313, AHw. 740); parrāṣāyu ‘lying, mendacious, criminal (?)’ (SAD I); parrāṣu ‘lier’ (CAD P 189, AHw. 834); parriṣu ‘false, mendacious, criminaľ (CAD P 191, AHw. 834); pirṣātu ‘lies, deceit, trickery’ (CAD P 413).

Alternatively, could be traced back to *prṣ ‘to break, to cut’ or *prṯ̣ ‘to separate vertebrae from one another’.

Alternatively, could be traced back to *prṣ ‘to break, to cut’ or *prṯ̣ ‘to separate vertebrae from one another’.