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Where does “ꙗма” come from?
ꙗма (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic jama — pit, hole.
Ancestry of “ꙗма”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Slavic
jama
pit, hole
Words derived from “ꙗма”
я́ма
яма
яма
Яма
jaama
Jaama
дьаама
я́мка
я́мка
ямочка
ямочка
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