𐍉

𐍉 U+10349, 𐍉 GOTHIC LETTER OTHAL ← 𐍈 [U+10348] Gothic 𐍊 → [U+1034A]

Gothic

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Has been linked to both Ancient Greek Ο (O, “omikron”) and Ω (Ō, “omega”), as well as Runic ᛟ (/⁠o/ or /ō⁠/). Snædal (2015; see references) favours the first derivation, interpreting it as being (like the letter 𐌿 (u, “urus”)) an adapted allograph of Greek omikron.

Letter

𐍉 • (ō)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Gothic alphabet, representing /o/, with a numerical value of 800.

See also

• 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]

Etymology 2

Compare Ancient Greek ὦ (ô) (which it is used to translate), Old English ō.

Particle

𐍉 • (ō)

1. O ... ! (expresses a vocative)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic. Translates Ancient Greek οὐὰ (ouà).

Interjection

𐍉 • (ō)

1. ha! (expressing scorn)

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 103.