Where does “yote” come from?

yote (English) comes from Middle English yoten, from Old English ġēotan, from Proto-West Germanic geutan, from Proto-Germanic geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

yote (English): To pour water on; pour in; To steep; Abbreviation...

Definitions

  1. To pour water on; pour in; To steep; Abbreviation...

Ancestry of “yote”, step by step

yote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English yoten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyoten—
2Old Englishġēotanto pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood,...
3Proto-West Germanicgeutanto pour
4Proto-Germanicgeutanąto pour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

via English coyote

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 Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic geutaną →