The names for the Greek letters, in turn, came from the first two letters of the Phoenician alphabet: aleph, the word for ox, and bet, the word for house.
ðə nˈeɪmz fɚðə ɡɹˈiːk lˈɛɾɚz, ɪn tˈɜːn, kˈeɪm fɹʌmðə fˈɜːst tˈuː lˈɛɾɚz ʌvðə foʊnˈɪʃən ˈælfəbˌɛt: ˈælɛf, ðə wˈɜːd fɔːɹ ˈɑːks, ænd bˈɛt, ðə wˈɜːd fɔːɹ hˈaʊs.