Sowilō (rune)

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Name	Proto-Germanic	Old English	Old Norse
	*Sōwilō	Sigel	Sól
	"Sun"
Shape	Elder Futhark	Futhorc	Younger Futhark
Unicode	ᛊ U+16CA	ᛋ U+16CB	ᛌ U+16CC
Transliteration	s
Transcription	s
IPA	[s]
Position in rune-row	16		11

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Sowilo (*sōwilō) meaning "Sun", is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic language name of the s-rune (ᛊ, ᛋ).

The letter is a direct adoption of Old Italic (Etruscan or Latin) s (