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Gothic
Etymology
According to SnΓ¦dal (2015; see references), from Ancient Greek Ο‘ (Ε‘, βsampiβ), which shares the same numerical value and had a very similar shape in antiquity (see its Wikipedia article for more information on its past forms).
Letter
π β’ (900)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Gothic alphabet, with a numerical value of 900 and no phonetic value.
See also
References
- Snædal, Magnus, 'Gothic Contact with Latin: Gotica Parisina and Wulfila's Alphabet', in: Askedal, J.O. and H.F. Nielsen ed., Early Germanic Languages in Contact (Amsterdam 2015) pp. 91-108, especially 98.
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