Where does “lama-aita” come from?

lama-aita (Finnish) comes from Finnish lama, from Tibetan བླ་མ, from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

lama-aita (Finnish): a wooden fence with horizontal planks supported by pairs of poles tied together with twigs

Definitions

  1. a wooden fence with horizontal planks supported by pairs of poles tied together with twigs

Ancestry of “lama-aita”, step by step

lama-aita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlamadepression; paralysis, depression; lama
2Tibetanབླ་མlama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru
3Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via Finnish aita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaitafence; wall
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*aita—
3Proto-Uralic*ajtafence
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →Every word from Tibetan བླ་མ →