Where does “coyote” come from?

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

coyote (Dutch): coyote (Canis latrans)

Definitions

  1. coyote (Canis latrans)

Ancestry of “coyote”, 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-tl →Every word from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl →Every word from Spanish coyote →