The letter yogh (; Middle English: ), was used in Middle English and Middle Scots, representing y (/j/) and various velar phonemes. It was derived from the Anglo-saxon form the letter g. In Middle English writing, tailed z came to be indistinguishable from yogh. In Middle Scots the character yogh representing the sound /j/ came to be confused with a cursive z and the early Scots printers often used z, when yogh wasn't available in their fonts. Consequently some Lowland Scots words have a z in… (More on Yogh)