Where does “coiot” come from?

coiot (Romanian) comes from French coyote, from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl, from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl.

coiot (Romanian): coyote

Definitions

  1. coyote

Ancestry of “coiot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoyotecoyote
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 →