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Could the Mandarin word "要" (yāo) and the Thai word "เอา" (ao), both meaning "to want" be related?

After a couple of weeks in Thailand and learning how to say "I don't want it" I've just realized the word for "want" is very similar to the word for "want" in Mandarin Chinese. I know the coincidence ...
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