Russian question

How did the cursive/italic Russian т become something akin to a Latin m? While we're on the subject, I recall my mother usually writing a bar over her cursive т to help keep it distinct from м; is this by any means conventional, or just idiosyncratic on her part?

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Russian question

UDDER and WATER

Finnish Sampo and Vedic Stambha (स्तम्भ )

The extended etymology for Ego, Εγώ ( I )

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