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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcoyotecoyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed...
2Classical Nahuatlcoyōtlcoyote
3Nahuatl*koyoo-tl—
Every word from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl →Every word from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl →Every word from Spanish coyote →