Where does “vavo” come from?

vavo (Esperanto) comes from German Vau, from Ancient Greek ϝαῦ, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

vavo (Esperanto): The name of the Latin-script letter W

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W

Ancestry of “vavo”, step by step

vavo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVauname of the Latin letter v
2Ancient Greekϝαῦwau, an archaic letter Ϝ, ϝ of the Ancient Greek...
3Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
4Egyptian𓏲—

via Hebrew וי״ו

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewוי״וVav, waw
Every word from Egyptian 𓏲 →Every word from Phoenician 𐤅 →Every word from Ancient Greek ϝαῦ →