Where does “v” come from?

v (Middle English) comes from Old English u, from Latin F, from Old English ᚠ, from Etruscan 𐌅, from Ancient Greek ϝ, from Phoenician ðĪ…, from Egyptian ð“ē.

Ancestry of “v”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishua letter of the Old English alphabet
2LatinF—
3Old Englishᚠthe first letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing and the sounds. Pronounced feoh
4Etruscan𐌅ve
5Ancient Greekϝ{{l|en|digamma}}
6PhoenicianðĪ…waw; {{l|en|waw}}
7Egyptianð“ē—

Words derived from “v”

Every word from Egyptian ð“ē →