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

  1. to write; writing, script, handwriting; a...

Ancestry of “כתב”, step by step

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