Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/koyootl

This Proto-Nahuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Nahuan

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kʷa (“coyote”). Compare O'odham ban, Serrano wahei (“coyote”), Hopi kʷew (“wolf”).

Noun

*koyootl

1. coyote

Descendants

• Classical Nahuatl: coyōtl
  • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koyotl
  • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: coyotl
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: coyo̱ꞌ
  • Morelos Nahuatl: koyotl
  • Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl: kóyotl
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: coyutl
  • Western Huasteca Nahuatl: koyotl
• Pipil: kuyūt
• → Spanish: coyote
  • → English: coyote
  • → French: coyote
  • → German: Kojote
  • → Italian: coyote
  • → Japanese: コヨーテ (koyōte)
  • → Korean: 코요테 (koyote)
  • → Russian: койо́т (kojót)
  • → Tagalog: koyote

References

• Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(39) coyote *koyoo-”