kṯr / Semitic roots
Examples of words with the root kṯr: kosher.
kṯr
To succeed, achieve, be(come) suitable, proper.
a. kosher, from Ashkenazic Hebrew kóšer, proper;;
b. kashrut, from Mishnaic Hebrew kašrût, (ritual) fitness. Both a and b from Hebrew kāšēr, proper, from kāšēr, to succeed, be(come) proper, suitable.
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