Description : "W = double U". Why U and not V?
Last Answer : Because when the letter was written, both upper and lower case, it was round, not pointy. http://www.grundschulmaterial.de/inhalte/de/Klasse14/Deutsch/Klasse%201/Schreiblehrg%C3%A4nge/Nachspurbilder/Schreibschrift%20LAS/PRV-LAS-W-gr-19171.jpg