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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The Hmong-Mien reconstructions page lists Old Chinese咬 (OC *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw, “to bite”) as a potential cognate; however, the Hmong-Mien form is reconstructed with a checked D tone, which isn't suggested by the Old Chinese form. A better match, both formally (checked tone) and semantically ("gnawing" connotations), is 齧 (OC *ŋeːd, “to gnaw, bite”). The nasal initial in the Chinese form seems problematic, however. In either case, the word is probably of sound-symbolic origin.”