Where does “ከተበ” come from?

ከተበ (Amharic) comes from Proto-West Semitic *katab- — to scrape, to scratch.

ከተበ (Amharic): to write, to jot down

Definitions

  1. to write, to jot down

Ancestry of “ከተበ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Semitic*katab-to scrape, to scratch
Every word from Proto-West Semitic *katab-