Where does “ypsilon” come from?

ypsilon (Czech) comes from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

ypsilon (Czech): upsilon; The name of the Latin-script letter Y

Definitions

  1. upsilon; The name of the Latin-script letter Y

Ancestry of “ypsilon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὖ ψιλόνupsilon, the name for the twenty-first letter Υ,...
2Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
3Egyptian𓏲—
Every word from Egyptian 𓏲 →Every word from Phoenician 𐤅 →Every word from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν →