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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]A glyph development from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”) in several epichoric alphabets, in which etymological /w/, represented by ⟨Ϝ⟩, had shifted to /v/. In Pamphylian Greek, it is theorised that ⟨Ͷ⟩ was used as a replacement glyph to represent the continued use of /w/ alongside novel /v/.
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]Ͷ • (W) (upper case, lower case ͷ)
- (Pamphylian) digamma, denoting a voiced labio-velar approximant, and sorted between epsilon and zeta
Etymology 2
[edit]An alteration of ⟨Ϻ⟩. It is found in the Arcadocypriot Greek of Mantinea, where it is theorised that it denoted a transitional reflex between Proto-Greek */kʷ/ and later /sː/.
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]Ͷ • (Ts) (upper case, lower case ͷ)
- (Arcadocypriot) tsan, denoting an voiceless alveolar affricate; its sorting order is not known
Etymology 3
[edit]Applied due to the resemblance of the Melian glyph to the Unicode reference glyph shared by the Pamphylian digamma and Arcadocypriot tsan.
Letter
[edit]Ͷ • (B) (upper case, lower case ͷ)
- (nonstandard) an allograph of Β occurring in inscriptions from the isle of Melos