Where does “코요테” come from?

코요테 (Korean) comes from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl, from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl.

코요테 (Korean): coyote

Definitions

  1. coyote

Ancestry of “코요테”, 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 →