Where does “lamatila” come from?

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

lamatila (Finnish): slump period of poor activity or performance

Definitions

  1. slump period of poor activity or performance

Ancestry of “lamatila”, step by step

lamatila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lama

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

via Finnish tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maEvery word from Tibetan Every word from Tibetan བླ་མ