It's because U and V used to be the same letter. Jan Misali made a great video about the history of W.
It is called double V in French
And Spanish
And croatian
Probably all romance languages
Also in most Germanic languages.
But not the Germanic language we all speak.
Not that particular Germanic language no. But in most others.
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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