ϝ

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ϝ U+03DD, ϝ
GREEK SMALL LETTER DIGAMMA
Ϝ
[U+03DC]
Greek and Coptic Ϟ
[U+03DE]

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ϝ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤅, waw.

Symbol

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ϝ (w)

  1. Lower case digamma, the sixth letter of the early Greek alphabet. Its name was probably ϝαῦ (waû), later δίγαμμα (dígamma), and it represented a voiced labial-velar approximant: /w/. It is preceded by ε and followed by ζ.

Derived terms

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See also

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Greek

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Letter

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ϝ (w) (lowercase, uppercase Ϝ)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) The letter δίγαμμα (dígamma).