--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Marco Cimarosti <marco.cimarosti@...>
wrote:

> [Cyrillic] ... <У у> ... clearly correspond to
> Greek ... <Υ υ> (...
> ) although they show some degree of graphic
> variation, especially in the lowercase.

This cyrillic letter actually derives from the omicron-ypsilon
ligature, which looks like an open-topped '8'.

Sorry if this correction has already been made.

Richard.