Where does “כתב” come from?
כתב (Hebrew) comes from Proto-West Semitic *katab- — to scrape, to scratch.
כתב (Hebrew): to write; writing, script, handwriting; a...
Definitions
- to write; writing, script, handwriting; a...
Ancestry of “כתב”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Semitic | *katab- | to scrape, to scratch |