Where does “kojot” come from?
kojot (Polish) comes from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl, from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl.
kojot (Polish): coyote
Ancestry of “kojot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | coyote | coyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed... |
| 2 | Classical Nahuatl | coyōtl | coyote |
| 3 | Nahuatl | *koyoo-tl | — |