It's because U and V used to be the same letter. Jan Misali made a great video about the history of W.
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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It is called double V in French
And Spanish
And croatian
W looks like uu in certain handwriting styles (like mine lol)
Try writing a U in stone, makes more sense to have it shaped like a V
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