PWS

*bṣl - to cut, to divide (?) (Kogan 2015:441)

See Fronzaroli 1969:6 for the critical analysis of the underlying semantic link and a tentative comparison with PWS *baṣal- ‘onion’.

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

bṣl - division, splitting (DJPA 109)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

bṣl - to branch apart (DJBA 229)

Arabic

bṣl - II. to strip, to divest (Lane 212)

Geez

baṣṣala - to tear, to cut, to peel (CDG 111)

Amharic

bäṭṭälä - to become torn to pieces (AED 945)

Jibbali

bɔ́ṣɔ́l - to slice (JL 29)