> I have long been puzzled by how its romanization became „ss“. This might help: https://thelanguagecloset.com/2022/11/05/the-story-of-eszett-s/ https://thelan

> I have long been puzzled by how its romanization became „ss“. This might help: https://thelanguagecloset.com/2022/11/05/the-story-of-eszett-s/ https://thelanguagecloset.com/2022/11/05/the-story-of-eszett... In short, it codifies a pronunciation that existed before a phonetic shift. The transliteration was codified after that same shift.