Where does “מכונת כתיבה” come from?

מכונת כתיבה (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew כְּתִיבָה, from Hebrew כָּתַב, from Hebrew כ־ת־ב, from Proto-West Semitic *katab- — to scrape, to scratch.

מכונת כתיבה (Hebrew): A typewriter

Definitions

  1. A typewriter

Ancestry of “מכונת כתיבה”, step by step

מכונת כתיבה traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew כְּתִיבָה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכְּתִיבָהwriting
2Hebrewכָּתַבwrite
3Hebrewכ־ת־בforming words pertaining to writing
4Proto-West Semitic*katab-to scrape, to scratch

via Hebrew מְכוֹנָה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמְכוֹנָהmachine
Every word from Proto-West Semitic *katab- →Every word from Hebrew כ־ת־ב →Every word from Hebrew כָּתַב →