PCS

*ḫawṭ-, *ḫayṭ- - thread (Kogan 2015: 212)

Hebrew
ḥūṭ - thread (HALOT 296)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḥwṭ, ḥṭy - to sew (DJBA 436)
Syriac
ḥuṭā - thread (LSyr. 220, SL 423)
Arabic
ḫayṭ- - thread (Lane 831)
Mehri
ḫīṭáyt - string; thread, bowstring (ML 458)
likely this is a borrowing from Arabic
Jibbali
ḫíṭét - thin, fine thread made of fibre (JL 312)
likely this is a borrowing from Arabic
Jibbali
aḫyéṭ - to sew, to stitch (JL 312)
likely this is a borrowing from Arabic
Soqotri
ḥéyaṭ - to sew (LS 172; CSOL I 569; CSOL II 490)

Borrowing from Arabic is likely.