Where does โ€œ๐Œดโ€ come from?

๐Œด (Gothic) comes from Ancient Greek ฮต, from Phoenician ๐ค„, from Egyptian ๐“€ .

๐Œด (Gothic): The fifth letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /e/, with a numerical value of 5

Definitions

  1. The fifth letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /e/, with a numerical value of 5

Ancestry of โ€œ๐Œดโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekฮตLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was ฮตแผถ, later แผ’ ฯˆฮนฮปฯŒฮฝ, and presently ฮญฯˆฮนฮปฮฟฮฝ. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by ฮด and foll
2Phoenician๐ค„that
3Egyptian๐“€ โ€”
Every word from Egyptian ๐“€  โ†’Every word from Phoenician ๐ค„ โ†’Every word from Ancient Greek ฮต โ†’