bolivia

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*mélh₂ti
3. Proto-Italic*melō
4. Latinmolō
5. Latinmolīnus
6. Late Latinmolīnum
7. Basquebolu
8. Basqueibar
9. BasqueBolibar
10. SpanishBolívar
11. SpanishBolivia
12. English todayBolivia

Borrowed from Spanish Bolivia (“land of Bolivar”), from the South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar + -ia (forming placenames), from the Spanish surname Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain, from Basque bolu (“windmill”) + ibar (“valley”).