Where does “tau” come from?
tau (Finnish) comes from Ancient Greek ταῦ, from Phoenician 𐤕, from Egyptian 𓏴.
tau (Finnish): tau; tauon, tau
Ancestry of “tau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | ταῦ | tau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of... |
| 2 | Phoenician | 𐤕 | taw |
| 3 | Egyptian | 𓏴 | — |