Where does “Olazábal” come from?

Olazábal (Spanish) comes from Basque zabal, from Czech zabalit, from Czech za-, from Old Czech za-, from Proto-Slavic za- — for.

Ancestry of “Olazábal”, step by step

Olazábal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque zabal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquezabalwide, ample; generous
2Czechzabalitto pack, to wrap
3Czechza-A prefix; Forms adjectives referring to places
4Old Czechza-derives verbs of various meanings
5Proto-Slavicza-for

via Basque ola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basqueolaplace
Every word from Proto-Slavic za- →Every word from Czech za- →Every word from Czech zabalit →