Where does “fl” come from?

fl (Translingual) comes from Translingual f, from Translingual F, from Latin F, from Old English ᚠ, from Etruscan 𐌅, from Ancient Greek ϝ, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

Ancestry of “fl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualf
2TranslingualFfluorine
3LatinF
4Old Englishthe first letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing and the sounds. Pronounced feoh
5Etruscan𐌅ve
6Ancient Greekϝ{{l|en|digamma}}
7Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
8Egyptian𓏲
Every word from Egyptian 𓏲