Where does “” come from?

ᚱ (Old English) comes from Latin r — Rome.

(Old English): the fifth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing the sound and pronounced rād

Definitions

  1. the fifth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing the sound and pronounced rād

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrRome
Every word from Latin r