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).