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Gothic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ο (W, βdigammaβ) or Latin F, or at the very least influenced by the latter. A connection has been made to Runic α (βfehuβ), but this remains controversial.
Letter
π β’ (f)
- The twenty-third letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /f/, with a numerical value of 500.
See also
References
- Snædal, Magnus, 'Gothic Contact with Latin: Gotica Parisina and Wulfila's Alphabet', in: Askedal, J.O. and H.F. Nielsen ed., Early Germanic Languages in Contact (Amsterdam 2015) pp. 91-108, especially 102.
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