Where does “lama” come from?

lama (Dutch) comes from Spanish llama, 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 (Dutch): llama, Lama glama; Buddhist lama; never mind,...

Definitions

llama, Lama glama; Buddhist lama; never mind,...

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

lama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

Words derived from “lama”

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