ϝ U+03DD, ϝ
GREEK SMALL LETTER DIGAMMA
Ϝ
[U+03DC]
Greek and Coptic Ϟ
[U+03DE]

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ϝ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤅, waw.

Symbol edit

ϝ (w)

  1. Lower case digamma, the sixth letter of the early Greek alphabet. Its name was probably ϝαῦ (waû), later δίγαμμα (dígamma), and it represented a voiced labial-velar approximant: /w/. It is preceded by ε and followed by ζ.

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Greek edit

Letter edit

ϝ (transliteration needed) (lowercase, uppercase Ϝ) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. The letter δίγαμμα (dígamma).