Uncertain. Has been linked to bothAncient GreekΟ(O,“omikron”) andΩ(Ō,“omega”), as well as Runicᛟ(/o/ or /ō/). Snædal (2015; see references) favours the first derivation, interpreting it as being (like the letter𐌿(u,“urus”)) an adaptedallograph of Greekomikron.
𐍉• (ō)
- The twenty-sixth letter of theGothic alphabet, representing /o/, with a numerical value of 800.
- 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]
CompareAncient Greekὦ(ô) (which it is used to translate),Old Englishō.
𐍉• (ō)
- O ... !(expresses avocative)
Onomatopoeic. TranslatesAncient Greekοὐὰ(ouà).
𐍉• (ō)
- ha!(expressing scorn)
- 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.