And even earlier the ö was transliterated from oe. The e was pulled on top of the o. The e was then changed to two dots. Probably because of laziness. See: htt

And even earlier the ö was transliterated from oe. The e was pulled on top of the o. The e was then changed to two dots. Probably because of laziness. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_umlaut#Orthography_and_design_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_umlaut#Orthography_an...