# \*ḳVṭ(Vw)- 'flax, flax seed'

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

- Author's gloss: flax, linseed
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/q/3781_flax_flax_seed.md

## In Linear A

- [QA-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*118/index.md>) (qaṭṭ(u)): flax, linseed—field-crop commodity

## Notes

DULAT 708 also compares Akk. kitû 'flax, linen', which is 2678 *kitn-.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: qṭ (I): št bln qṭ (KTU 1.85:18; 4.166:4; DULAT 708) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: qeṭaw (SEDRA 18465; SL 1348 apud DULAT 708) (gloss withheld)

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