Ϝ

See also: ϝ, Appendix:Variations of "f", Appendix:Variations of "u", Appendix:Variations of "v", and Appendix:Variations of "y"

Ϝ U+03DC, Ϝ
GREEK LETTER DIGAMMA
← ϛ
[U+03DB] 		Greek and Coptic ϝ →
[U+03DD]

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤅 (w).

Pronunciation

Letter

Ϝ • (W)

  1. (historical) The letter *ϝαῦ (*waû) (later called δίγαμμα (dígamma)), representing the sound /w/ which was lost by most dialects early on in the literary history of Ancient Greek. It remained in use in archaic dialects, such as Arcadocypriot Greek, and as the number 6.

Descendants

Greek

Letter

Ϝ • (w) (uppercase, lowercase ϝ)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) The letter δίγαμμα (dígamma).
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