Where does “ከተበ” come from?

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

ከተበ (Tigrinya): to vaccinate

Definitions

  1. to vaccinate

Ancestry of “ከተበ”, step by step

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