Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/koyootl

This Proto-Nahuan entry contains reconstructed words 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

Noun

*koyootl

coyote

Descendants

Classical Nahuatl: coyōtl
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: coyotl
Mecayapan Nahuatl: coyo̱ꞌ
Pipil: kuyūt
Tetelcingo Nahuatl: coyutl
→ Spanish: coyote
- → English: coyote

References

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