jackdaw - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Compound of jack +‎ daw. The first element, also present in Low German (North Saxon) Jöker (“jackdaw”), may refer either to its characteristic call, often represented as tchak-tchak, maybe influenced by association with the name Jack. The second element means “jackdaw” in itself, from Old English *dāwe, from Proto-Germanic *dēhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēk- (“a daw, starling, thrush, similar birds”). Cognate with Old Prussian doacke (“starling”), Latin faccilāre (“the sound or timbre of the thrush”), and German Dohle (“jackdaw”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒækˌdɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒækˌdɔ/, /ˈd͡ʒækˌdɑ/
• Rhymes: -ækdɔː, -ækdɑ
• Hyphenation: jack‧daw

jackdaw (plural jackdaws)

1. A European bird (Coloeus monedula) of the crow family, often nesting in church towers and ruins.

   Synonyms: caddow, daw, western jackdaw, Eurasian jackdaw, sea crow

2. A Daurian jackdaw, a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus).

• “jackdaw”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “jackdaw”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.