The story
- Russian · borrowed fromЯмная
- English todayYamnaya
From Russian Ямная (Jamnaja), short for я́мная культу́ра, using the feminine form of я́мный, an adjective formed from я́ма (jáma, “pit”), referring to the culture's pit-grave burial practices. The alternative form Yamna is the corresponding form of the Ukrainian adjective я́мний.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.