Yamna Etymology — Pit, Womb, Twin

“Yamna were so-called by Russian archeologists because they buried their dead in a pit grave. And we found these pit graves across Europe and different parts where they were associated with invasion, a patriarchal society that replaced this old European society. But the word pit in Russian which is an Indo-European language is cognate with the word for womb and yemo and twin.”

Source: Expanding Mental Models · (Episode 6)

Stunning etymological chain: pit-grave = womb = twin = Yemo (the original sacrificed twin in IE mythology). The name “Yamna” itself encodes the mythology.

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