Where does “llama” come from?

llama (Spanish) comes from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

llama (Spanish): flame; llama

Definitions

  1. flame; llama

Ancestry of “llama”, step by step

llama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin flamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflammaflame, fire
2Latinflāgrāre
3Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via Quechua llama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Quechuallamallama

Words derived from “llama

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-