Where does “v” come from?

v (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin v, from Etruscan 𐌖, from Ancient Greek Υ, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

v (Norwegian Bokmål): The lowercase form of V, the twenty-second letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by u and followed by w

Definitions

  1. The lowercase form of V, the twenty-second letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by u and followed by w

Ancestry of “v”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvCapital form of
2Etruscan𐌖—
3Ancient GreekΥypsilon
4Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
5Egyptian𓏲—
Every word from Egyptian 𓏲 →Every word from Phoenician 𐤅 →Every word from Ancient Greek Υ →