Where does “lama” come from?

lama (Basque) comes from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

lama (Basque): flame

Definitions

  1. flame

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

lama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin flamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflammaflame, fire
2Latinflāgrāre—
3Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via Spanish lama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlamaslime, mud; fine sand; moss
2Latinlamaslough, bog, fen
3Latinlacma—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlak-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →