How to write sh-sound?

[Michael Everson]

On 19 Mar 2012, at 21:27, Mike Adamz wrote:

> Cyrillic or Coptic has SH and ..
> 
> Written like a W with a y tail?

The Cyrillic letter Ш SHA was likely borrowed from Hebrew; the Goths didn't have so much contact with that language. The Coptic letter Ϣ SHEI was borrowed from an Egyptian hieroglyph; the Goths certainly didn't know that. 

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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