๐Œธ

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Gothic

Etymology

Uncertain; has been related to Ancient Greek ฮ˜ (Th, โ€œthetaโ€), ฮจ (Ps, โ€œpsiโ€) and ฮฆ (Ph, โ€œphiโ€). Magnus Snรฆdal (2015; see references) considers the derivation from phi most likely.

Letter

๐Œธ โ€ข (รพ)

  1. The ninth letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /ฮธ/, with a numerical value of 9.

See also

References

  • Snรฆdal, 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 99-100.