Where does “Coyote” come from?

Coyote (German) comes from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl, from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl.

Ancestry of “Coyote”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	coyote	coyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed...
2	Classical Nahuatl	coyōtl	coyote
3	Nahuatl	*koyoo-tl	—