Where does “kojot” come from?

kojot (Czech) comes from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl, from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl.

kojot (Czech): coyote

Definitions

  1. coyote

Ancestry of “kojot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcoyote"Canis latrans", a species of canine native to...
2Spanishcoyotecoyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed...
3Classical Nahuatlcoyōtlcoyote
4Nahuatl*koyoo-tl
Every word from Nahuatl *koyoo-tlEvery word from Classical Nahuatl coyōtlEvery word from Spanish coyote
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