# \*ʾVṯVr-: 'go, follow the track; trace, place' 1, 'happiness' 2

> Proto-Semitic *ʾVṯVr-, 'go, follow the track; trace, place' 1, 'happiness' 2: reflexes in 15 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾVṯVr- |
| Meaning | 'go, follow the track; trace, place' 1, 'happiness' 2 |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | ʾašar (HALOT 97); ʾōšer 2 (HALOT 99) | HALOT 97; HALOT 99 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | ašāru, ašru (HALOT 97) | HALOT 97 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ʾaṯar, ʾiṯr (HALOT 97) | HALOT 97 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ʾasra (HALOT 97) | HALOT 97 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | ʾṯr (HALOT 97); Sab. brṯ (SD 32; Biella 60–61; Sabaweb lemma 1466), from b- + ʾṯr (Rendsburg 2022, 322–323); Sab ʾṯr, b-ʾṯr (Biella 31); Sab b-ʾṯry 1 (SD 9) | HALOT 97; SD 32; Biella 60–61; Sabaweb lemma 1466; Rendsburg 2022, 322–323; Biella 31; SD 9 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ʾihor (LGz. 45); éʸhor (SLOnline 3177) | LGz. 45; SLOnline 3177 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | ʾăṯar (LGz. 45); btr (DNWSI 206) | LGz. 45; DNWSI 206 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʾaṯrā (LGz. 45) | LGz. 45 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | atra (LGz. 45) | LGz. 45 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ʾšr (T 36) | T 36 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʾatraʾ (T 36) | T 36 |  |
| Geez | ʾašar (HALOT 97) | HALOT 97 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ʾṯr (Al-Jallad 2026, 9) | Al-Jallad 2026 9 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | Neo-Punic ʾšr 2, in bʾšr lb (Krahmalkov 85) | Krahmalkov 85 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | ʾătar 1 (HALOT 97) | HALOT 97 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Rendsburg 2022, 332–333 and n. 76: Sabaic (4×) and Minaic (1×) ʾrṯt, the name of a sanctuary, is the feminine of ʾṯr 'place' with the same metathesis, beside Akkadian aširtu 'sanctuary'; South Arabian ʾṯrt is the name of the goddess Asherah (3× Minaic, 41× Qatabanian), not 'sanctuary'. Biella 31 compares Arabic ʾiṯra 'after' and Syriac bāṯār 'in the track of, after'. HALOT 97 derives ʾšr II pi. 'to call happy' from ʾōšer 'happiness' and traces it to ʾšr I 'to stride'; HALOT 99 cites Neo-Punic bʾšr lb 'joy of the heart'.

## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.