Where does “lama” come from?

lama (Corsican) comes from French lamé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

lama (Corsican): blade

Definitions

blade

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

lama traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French lamé

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	lamé	past participle of lamer
2	French	-é	past participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
3	Middle French	-é	past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
4	Old French	-é	used to form past participles of regular -er...
5	Latin	-a	suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6	Proto-Italic	-ā	Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
7	Proto-Indo-European	-éh₂	—

via Spanish llama

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	llama	flame; llama
2	Latin	flamma	flame, fire
3	Latin	flāgrāre	—
4	Latin	frāgrō	to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
5	Proto-Italic	frāgrāō	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	bʰreh₂gro-	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	bʰreh₂g-	to smell

via Tibetan བླ་མ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tibetan	བླ་མ	lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru
2	Tibetan	མ	mother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
3	Proto-Sino-Tibetan	ma	no, not, negative, not have, none

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from French -é →