> ba1 OC *(a)pra > MC pæ "boar" (in hunting contexts)
> shi3 OC *(b)hlaj? > MC syeX "pig"
Sagart reconstructs
OC *(b)hlaj? > EMC syeX and
OC *(b)t-hlaj? > EMC tsyheX
both alternative readings of the character for "pig" and :
'No outside comparisons have been found for a root
*hlaj? "pig" [presumably he means in Proto-Sino-Tibetan].
It is possible that we are dealing with a Chinese innovation."
> cf PIE *pork- and *su-
Lehman reconstructs PIE *seXw- "pig, sow".
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/books/piep05.html
But it'a shame it seems like the word was borrowed at
Middle Chinese time; that can't be right. Back to the
drawing board.
Torsten