Where does “idänkojootti” come from?

idänkojootti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kojootti, from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl, from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl.

idänkojootti (Finnish): coywolf cross-breed of wolf and coyote

Definitions

  1. coywolf cross-breed of wolf and coyote

Ancestry of “idänkojootti”, step by step

idänkojootti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kojootti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkojootticoyote
2Spanishcoyotecoyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed...
3Classical Nahuatlcoyōtlcoyote
4Nahuatl*koyoo-tl

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear
Every word from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl
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