Where does “coyloup” come from?
coyloup (French) comes from French Loup, from Middle French loup, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.
coyloup (French): coywolf
Ancestry of “coyloup”, step by step
coyloup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Loup
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Loup | Lupus constellation |
| 2 | Middle French | loup | wolf |
| 3 | Latin | Lupus | A Roman cognomen |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lukʷos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |
via French coyote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | coyote | coyote |
| 2 | Spanish | coyote | coyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed... |
| 3 | Classical Nahuatl | coyōtl | coyote |
| 4 | Nahuatl | *koyoo-tl | — |