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PWS
*plṭ - to split, to separate
(CDG 161)
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Geez
falaṭa
- to separate, to divide, to split; to know; to distinguish
(CDG 161)
Tigrinya
fäläṭä
- to discriminate, to discern; to know
(TED 2644)
The meaning shift ‘to split, divide’ > ‘to know’ is unproblematic, cf. Hbr.
bān
, hēbīn ‘to understand’