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Gothic
Etymology
Uncertain. Has been linked to Runic α (/β jβ /), uncial Latin G, and even to a cursive Ancient Greek Ξ (X /β ksβ /). SnΓ¦dal favours the Latin origin.[1] Latin β¨gβ© was indeed used for /j/ in various medieval languages. The Gothic letter may have been invented after Wulfila.
Letter
πΎ β’ (j)
- The fifteenth letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /j/, with a numerical value of 60.
See also
- (Gothic script letters) π° (a), π± (b), π² (g), π³ (d), π΄ (Δ), π΅ (q), πΆ (z), π· (h), πΈ (ΓΎ), πΉ (i), πΊ (k), π» (l), πΌ (m), π½ (n), πΎ (j), πΏ (u), π (p), π (90), π (r), π (s), π (t), π
(w), π (f), π (x), π (Ζ), π (Ε), π (900)
References
- ^ SnΓ¦dal, MagnΓΊs, Gothic contact with Latin: Gotica Parisina and Wulfilaβs alphabet, in: Askedal, J.O. & Nielsen, H.F. (ed.), Early Germanic languages in contact, Amsterdam, 2015, pp. 91-108, especially 100-101.
