Etymology
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Uncertain. Has been linked to Runic ᛃ (/j/), uncial Latin G, and even to a cursive Ancient Greek Ξ (X /ks/). Snædal favours the Latin origin.[1] Latin ⟨g⟩ was indeed used for /j/ in various medieval languages. The Gothic letter may have been invented after Wulfila.
𐌾 • (j)
- The fifteenth letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /j/, with a numerical value of 60.
See also
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- (Gothic script letters) 𐌰 (a), 𐌱 (b), 𐌲 (g), 𐌳 (d), 𐌴 (ē), 𐌵 (q), 𐌶 (z), 𐌷 (h), 𐌸 (þ), 𐌹 (i), 𐌺 (k), 𐌻 (l), 𐌼 (m), 𐌽 (n), 𐌾 (j), 𐌿 (u), 𐍀 (p), 𐍁 (90), 𐍂 (r), 𐍃 (s), 𐍄 (t), 𐍅 (w), 𐍆 (f), 𐍇 (x), 𐍈 (ƕ), 𐍉 (ō), 𐍊 (900)
References
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- ^ Snædal, Magnús, Gothic contact with Latin: Gotica Parisina and Wulfila’s alphabet, in: Askedal, J.O. & Nielsen, H.F. (ed.), Early Germanic languages in contact, Amsterdam, 2015, pp. 91-108, especially 100-101.
