Where does “soft sign” come from?

soft sign (English) comes from Russian мя́гкий знак — Name of the letter Ь, ь, the soft sign.

soft sign (English): The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь, which in modern...

Definitions

  1. The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь, which in modern...

Ancestry of “soft sign”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмя́гкий знакName of the letter Ь, ь, the soft sign
Every word from Russian мя́гкий знак
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