Where does “F” come from?
F (Slovene) comes from Serbo-Croatian f, from Czech f, from Translingual F, from Latin F, from Old English ᚠ, from Etruscan 𐌅, from Ancient Greek ϝ, from Phoenician 𐤅.
F (Slovene): The name of the [[Appendix:Latin script
Definitions
- The name of the [[Appendix:Latin script
Ancestry of “F”, step by step
F traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian f
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | f | in, at; to, into; on, in, at, during |
| 2 | Czech | f | — |
| 3 | Translingual | F | fluorine |
| 4 | Latin | F | — |
| 5 | Old English | ᚠ | the first letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing and the sounds. Pronounced feoh |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌅 | ve |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ϝ | {{l|en|digamma}} |
| 8 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 9 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |
via English f
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | f | The ordinal number sixth, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | fuck | To have sexual intercourse, to copulate; To have... |
| 3 | Middle English | fukken | to fuck; to beat, strike |
| 4 | Old Norse | fukka | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fukkōną | to blow, gust; to strike, assail; to copulate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |