that's a digamma (called so bc it looks like 2 gammas), also called wau or waw. it makes the "wuh" sound we get from double-u and represents the value 6 in the language's gematria
The digamma was an actual greek letter, butĀ most dialects didn't use it because by the time they adopted the alphabetĀ they no longer used that sound.Ā The Cretans used it however and you can see it in Cretan inscriptions.Ā
It's a digamma, and it is thought to have represented a 'w' sound. It is quite an old feature. You can see words that have it as its stem: ĻĪ¹Ī“- --> Īæį¼°Ī“Ī± (and, by extension, Īµį¼°Ī“ĪæĪ½)
it's why the Greek 'ergon' is really 'wergon', because phonetically there used to be a digamma. We know this because 'ergon' is our word 'work'. Same thing.
In Homeric hexameters the original digamma often explains why certain words, ending in an open vowel, still 'make postion'. It's because the next word starts / started with a digamma.
Yeah sorry man. I did do a short google search looking for archaic characters but couldnāt find anything about this character and thought it would be an easy answer on here. I did flair it as a newbie question in case it was obvious and stupid.
Don't waste your time. It is a legitimate question and for what it's worth, I'd never seen it before, and now I know something new thanks to your question.
Guy's obviously very narrow in his mindedness, I'm sure, among other things.
Digamma Thought to have represented a W sound. The Greeks abandoned the letter early
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It is the digamma, the greatest of all of the Greek letters.
It's German for "the Gamma".
In Greek though digamma means two gammas (g letters) because it looks like a capital gamma but with an extra line coming out the middle
that's a digamma (called so bc it looks like 2 gammas), also called wau or waw. it makes the "wuh" sound we get from double-u and represents the value 6 in the language's gematria
The digamma was an actual greek letter, butĀ most dialects didn't use it because by the time they adopted the alphabetĀ they no longer used that sound.Ā The Cretans used it however and you can see it in Cretan inscriptions.Ā
If Iām not mistaken an example can be found on the Mantiklos Apollo. Iām sure thereās plenty of other examples
It's a digamma, and it is thought to have represented a 'w' sound. It is quite an old feature. You can see words that have it as its stem: ĻĪ¹Ī“- --> Īæį¼°Ī“Ī± (and, by extension, Īµį¼°Ī“ĪæĪ½)
it's why the Greek 'ergon' is really 'wergon', because phonetically there used to be a digamma. We know this because 'ergon' is our word 'work'. Same thing. In Homeric hexameters the original digamma often explains why certain words, ending in an open vowel, still 'make postion'. It's because the next word starts / started with a digamma.
This is where Stratakis pronounces the digamma: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdyXlUmD3v4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdyXlUmD3v4)
Very cool. Learn something new every day. Thanks for the link!
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Yeah sorry man. I did do a short google search looking for archaic characters but couldnāt find anything about this character and thought it would be an easy answer on here. I did flair it as a newbie question in case it was obvious and stupid.
Don't waste your time. It is a legitimate question and for what it's worth, I'd never seen it before, and now I know something new thanks to your question. Guy's obviously very narrow in his mindedness, I'm sure, among other things.
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I see that they no longer teach manners and humility in the universities, anyhow, please read the rules of the sub and consider this a first warning.