Where does “ゥ” come from?
ゥ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ヴ, from Japanese ウ, from Japanese ウクライナ, from Ukrainian Украї́на, from Old East Slavic Украина, from Russian Украи́на, from Slavic Оукраина, from Old East Slavic краи — to sift, to separate.
Ancestry of “ゥ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ヴ | — |
| 2 | Japanese | ウ | 鵜 cormorant, Japanese cormorant |
| 3 | Japanese | ウクライナ | — |
| 4 | Ukrainian | Украї́на | a territory or a land along the border of a country |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | Украина | — |
| 6 | Russian | Украи́на | Ukraine |
| 7 | Slavic | Оукраина | — |
| 8 | Old East Slavic | краи | edge; land, country |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | krajь | edge, end |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | krojiti | to cut |
| 11 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krájīˀtei | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁-eye-ti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kroh₁y- | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₁y- | to sift, to separate |