sataru
DRAFT
Variant: zataru, sateru, zateru
Meanings:
(a herb)
Distribution: MB-NuziMB-Nuzi: Middle Babylonian texts from Nuzi (ca. 1500–1200 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Discussion
AHw and CAD connect the term with satureja “savory”, thus suggesting an etymological link, which remains uncertain since the other Semitic cognates may also represent loans from Latin.
The ascription of the MB Nuzi attestation to this lemma is likewise uncertain.