Uncertain. Possibly from Runic α’, though SnΓ¦dal (2015; see references) considers this unlikely, interpreting it as being derived from an allograph of Ancient Greek Ξ (O, βomikronβ); compare also the numerical values.
πΏ β’ (u)
- The sixteenth letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /u/, with a numerical value of 70.
- Gothic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): π°, π±, π², π³, π΄, π΅, πΆ, π·, πΈ, πΉ, πΊ, π», πΌ, π½, πΎ, πΏ, π, π, π, π, π, π
, π, π, π, π, π [edit]
- 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 101-102.
