Where does “coati” come from?

coati (French) comes from Old Tupi kûati, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati — ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua).

coati (French): coati

Definitions

  1. coati

Ancestry of “coati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikûatiring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*kʷatiring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati →Every word from Old Tupi kûati →