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[โ€“] trxxruraxvr 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The first printing presses were from Germany, and thus didn't have letters that don't exist in German. Y was used only because the in the font common at that time it was the letter that looked most like the thorn, it was never pronounced as a y.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Oh that's a interesting fact!