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Syriac
ḳəṭartā - articulus
(LSyr. 662)
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PS
*ki/uṯ̣r-
- joint (of the ribs, fingers, etc.)
(SED I No. 155)
Though reconstructed as an anatomic term on the PS level, the present root is likely related to, or rather derived from, Sem. *k(ʷ)ṯ̣r ‘to bind, knot, fix’