Why is w pronounced double u rather than double v?

Why is w pronounced double u rather than double v?

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Korean Hangul has a double consonant that uses the same consonant twice

If there are two giyeok ssanggiyeok
If there are two digeut ssangdigeut
If there are two bieup ssangbieup
If there are two siot ssangsiot
If there are two jieut ssangjieut

English may use the same letter twice.
It is W

But is it weird?
Double means double
U means the alphabet U

That means w has two u.

In the shape of W, there are two U, not two U

Why is w pronounced double u rather than double v?

English was originally used by ancient Romans.
At that time, J, U, and W were missing characters.

The appearance of U was regarded as the same character that was not distinguished from V by the pre-medieval period

Since the Middle Ages U and V have been used in a slightly different way
If you write the word first, write V
If you write it later, write U
But the pronunciation was still the same [u] pronunciation

Let's see the BVLGARI jewelry brand in Italy
If you list English as pronounced, you should be BULGARI
It's written in BVLGARI.
This is because it was written in ancient alphabetical notation

But there was a W in the rune that the Germans used.
In the rune, W was a letter shaped like English P.
The way to read was wynn
The pronunciation was the same pronunciation as the current W
This is the pronunciation symbol [uu]

After the Norman conquest, the use of W increased.
As a result, rune wynn has disappeared since the 1300s
Started to pronounce V as [v] and U as [u].

So needed a character to pronounce [uu]
At first, used a real UU character that combines two U's
Later, this was changed VV
Finally, this shape is W

The shape of the letter has changed, but the pronunciation has not changed.
It's still a double u, not a double v.

But the language that actually uses W as the [w] pronunciation
Only a few languages, including English.

Most European languages, such as French, German, Dutch, Italian
W is pronounced V.
And when they read W, they read in double v, not double u

Let's see Volkswagen in Germany
If you write in English, you should be VAGEN
WAGEN in German.

So the pronunciation is different.

Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Use W only when referring to a person's name, place name, or foreign language
Do not usually use it.

Winter is written as WINTER in English
VINTER in Danish.

English is pronounced [w] Danish is pronounced [v]