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Technically yes but then again not quite! 近 in standard Sino-Vietnamese is cận while gần, although most likely from the same origin, was borrowed much earlier on.
July 4, 2016
There is actually another debated origin of that word coming from 庌 which means something like a house on a cliff. Nha is similar to nhà and the meaning + the semantic component is somewhat of a match.
July 4, 2016
