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.
- Gothic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 𐌰, 𐌱, 𐌲, 𐌳, 𐌴, 𐌵, 𐌶, 𐌷, 𐌸, 𐌹, 𐌺, 𐌻, 𐌼, 𐌽, 𐌾, 𐌿, 𐍀, 𐍁, 𐍂, 𐍃, 𐍄, 𐍅, 𐍆, 𐍇, 𐍈, 𐍉, 𐍊 [edit]
- ^ 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.
