Where does “llama” come from?

Llama comes from Quechua llama, borrowed into Spanish and then English, with uncertain ultimate origins despite proposed but unsupported connections to Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots.

llama (English): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama...

Definitions

A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama...

Ancestry of “llama”, step by step

llama 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 “llama”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →