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

  1. mud; wet meadow; marsh; slough

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselama—
2Latinlamaslough, bog, fen
3Latinlacma—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlak-—

Words derived from “lama”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lak- →Every word from Latin lacma →Every word from Latin lama →