𐍉

𐍉 U+10349, 𐍉 GOTHIC LETTER OTHAL ← 𐍈 [U+10348] Gothic 𐍊 → [U+1034A]

Gothic

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Has been linked to both Ancient Greek Ο (O, “omikron”) and Ω (Ō, “omega”), as well as Runic ᛟ (/⁠o/ or /ō⁠/). Snædal (2015; see references) favours the first derivation, interpreting it as being (like the letter 𐌿 (u, “urus”)) an adapted allograph of Greek omikron.

Letter

𐍉 • (ō)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /o/, with a numerical value of 800.

See also

• (Gothic script letters) 𐌰 (a), 𐌱 (b), 𐌲 (g), 𐌳 (d), 𐌴 (ē), 𐌵 (q), 𐌶 (z), 𐌷 (h), 𐌸 (þ), 𐌹 (i), 𐌺 (k), 𐌻 (l), 𐌼 (m), 𐌽 (n), 𐌾 (j), 𐌿 (u), 𐍀 (p), 𐍁 (90), 𐍂 (r), 𐍃 (s), 𐍄 (t), 𐍅 (w), 𐍆 (f), 𐍇 (x), 𐍈 (ƕ), 𐍉 (ō), 𐍊 (900)

Etymology 2

Compare Ancient Greek ὦ (ô) (which it is used to translate), Old English ō.

Particle

𐍉 • (ō)

1. O ... ! (expresses a vocative)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic. Translates Ancient Greek οὐὰ (ouà).

Interjection

𐍉 • (ō)

1. ha! (expressing scorn)

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 103.