Where does “” come from?

ⰴ (Translingual) comes from Ancient Greek δ, from Phoenician 𐤃, from Egyptian 𓉿.

(Translingual): The fifth letter of the Glagolitic alphabet

Definitions

  1. The fifth letter of the Glagolitic alphabet

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekδLower case delta (δέλτα), the fourth letter of Greek alphabet. It represented in Ancient Greek a voiced dental plosive: and in modern Greek a voiced dental fricative:. It is preceded by γ and followed by ε
2Phoenician𐤃dalet; daleth
3Egyptian𓉿
Every word from Egyptian 𓉿Every word from Phoenician 𐤃Every word from Ancient Greek δ
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