Where does “הכתיב” come from?
הכתיב (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew כָּתַב, from Hebrew כ־ת־ב, from Proto-West Semitic *katab-.
הכתיב (Hebrew): to dictate
Ancestry of “הכתיב”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | כָּתַב | write |
| 2 | Hebrew | כ־ת־ב | forming words pertaining to writing |
| 3 | Proto-West Semitic | *katab- | — |