Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷēt
Meaning: encircle, girdle, embrace
Tibetan: mkhjud-pa to keep, to hold, embrace, ãkhjud-pa to embrace.
Kachin: mǝkjit3 to gird, girdle, (H) kjit to gird, girdle, gjit to tie, bind.
Lushai: vēt (veʔ) to put round or in, cause to encircle.