Well it's similar in German and some other languages. In Latin "v" and "u" were the same letter and "w" was introduced to clean up the mess and be specific. In

Well it's similar in German and some other languages. In Latin "v" and "u" were the same letter and "w" was introduced to clean up the mess and be specific. In Polish there's no "v", "u" is always the "oo" sound and "w" is always the "v" sound. Same with "c"/"k"/"q" mess. In Polish there's no "q", "k" is always the sound in "Cat" and "c" is always the sound in "TZar". Simple. In English you have 3 letters randomly assigned to encode the same 2 sounds in different words. Regarding "wine" Polish is also closer to latin: https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/latin-word-for-e4fd69b08aca140838ea650323ccf78234d3c99c.html https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/latin-word-for-e4fd69b...