The Proto-Indo-European word *deha(i)-
Word *deha(i)-
Meaning to cut up, to divide
See also Proto-Indo-European: *déhamos ‘(segment of) people’
Synonyms *bʰag-, *lenk-

Comments
Mallory J.P. and Adams D. (2006)

Other words that might be of interest
*del- ‘to cut, to carve, to split’, *kerd- ‘to carve, to cut into’