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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k(r)ǝ̆j ( ~ g-, q-, G-; -s)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: near, close
Chinese: 幾 *kǝj be near, close, imminent.
Tibetan: ãkhris near, close.
Comments: Peiros-Starostin 216. Cf. also OCh. 近 *g_ǝrʔ be near, *g_ǝrʔ-s come near to, keep close to. Cf. rather scattered Austric forms: Thai kǝ:j 'to overlap', Khmer pǝŋkaǝj 'very near, close', Viet. kề 'near, approach' - probably all of Chinese origin.
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