Where does “U” come from?
U (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin v, from Etruscan 𐌖, from Ancient Greek Υ, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.
Ancestry of “U”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | v | — |
| 2 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 5 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |