Where does “koyote” come from?

koyote (Malay) comes from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl, from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl.

koyote (Malay): coyote

Definitions

  1. coyote

Ancestry of “koyote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcoyote"Canis latrans", a species of canine native to...
2Spanishcoyotecoyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed...
3Classical Nahuatlcoyōtlcoyote
4Nahuatl*koyoo-tl—
Every word from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl →Every word from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl →Every word from Spanish coyote →