[citation needed] It corresponds to the letter f in the Latin alphabet, but it can periodically shift into the sound value of v (compare "leaf" and "leaves").
[citation needed] The shape of the rune is likely based on Etruscan v ⟨𐌅⟩ ⟨⟩, like Greek Digamma ⟨Ϝ⟩ and Latin ⟨F⟩ ultimately from Phoenician waw ⟨⟩.
[citation needed] The Proto-Germanic name *fehu has been reconstructed, with the meaning of "livestock, cattle" and by extension "wealth".
Such correspondence between all rune poems and the Gothic letter name, as well, is uncommon, and gives the reconstructed name of the Old Futhark a high degree of certainty.
ᚠ Feoh bẏþ frofur · fira gehƿẏlcum; sceal ðeah manna gehƿẏlc · miclun hẏt dælan gif he ƿile for drihtne · domes hleotan.