# \*kuṯar- 'Kothar (craftsman god)'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: Kothar, the craftsman god; skill
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/2773_Kothar_craftsman_god.md

## In Linear A

- [KA-TA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-TA-RE/index.md>) (kaṯare): Kothar (divine craftsman god)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: DN =kà-ša-lu, the theonym of Ugaritic Kothar, with l for r (Antalík 1998, 43)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: kṯr (DULAT 467) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: kōšēr (HALOT 503) (gloss withheld)

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