Where does “lama” come from?
lama (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese lama, from Latin lama, from Latin lacma, from Proto-Indo-European lak-.
lama (Galician): mud; wet meadow; marsh; slough
Definitions
- mud; wet meadow; marsh; slough
Ancestry of “lama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | lama | — |
| 2 | Latin | lama | slough, bog, fen |
| 3 | Latin | lacma | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lak- | — |