Where does “Zabala” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Zabala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishZabalacommon on the Basque Country
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
Every word from Proto-Slavic za-
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