Where does “Zavala” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Zavala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BasqueZabala—
2Basquezabalwide, ample; generous
3Czechzabalitto pack, to wrap
4Czechza-A prefix; Forms adjectives referring to places
5Old Czechza-derives verbs of various meanings
6Proto-Slavicza-for

Words derived from “Zavala”

Every word from Proto-Slavic za- →Every word from Czech za- →Every word from Czech zabalit →