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It is because the Y was a character called 'thorn' and it symbol was Y drawn as a stick, pronounced the like the 'th' in the and thorn. Also s got reversed and
by ForOldHack 3y ago
It is because the Y was a character called 'thorn' and it symbol was Y drawn as a stick, pronounced the like the 'th' in the and thorn. Also s got reversed and became the z we know today. This article was written by someone who knows noYing.
- gdavisson 3y agoActually, the article ends with "The ampersand isn’t the only former member of the alphabet. Learn what led to the extinction of the thorn and the wynn." (which links to https://www.dictionary.com/e/letters-alphabet/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/letters-alphabet/)
- jjtheblunt 3y agoNot thorn. Thorn is the vertical bar with circle: unvoiced th. It’s eth (voice on, like in pronouncing “that”). Icelandic still uses both, didn’t replace both with ambiguous “th”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eth