jackdaw
English
/ˈdʒækˌdɔː/, /ˈdʒækˌdɔ/
noun
Definitions
- A European bird (Coloeus monedula) of the crow family, often nesting in church towers and ruins.
- A Daurian jackdaw, a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus).
Etymology
Compound from English jack (referring to the increase in alcohol concentration due to distillation, man) + English daw (dawn, awake)derived from Old English dāwe derived from Proto-Germanic *dēhǭ derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēk- (a daw, similar birds, thrush, starling).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰēk-
Gloss
a daw, similar birds, thrush, starling
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- applejack English
- bedaw English
- blackjack English
- bootjack English
- crackerjack English
- daw English
- dawing English
- dawish English
- ice-jack English
- jack English
- jack salmon English
- jackable English
- jackass English
- jackfish English
- jackless English
- jacklight English
- jackman English
- jackscrew English
- jackshaft English
- jacksmith English
- jacksnipe English
- jackspeak English
- jackstaff English
- jackstone English
- jacktop English
- jackwood English
- lumberjack English
- minijack English
- pumpjack English
- screwjack English
- smokejack English
- whiskeyjack English
- Dohle German
- jack Dutch, Flemish
- *dʰākʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰēk- Proto-Indo-European
- jekk Norwegian Bokmål
- jack Portuguese
- *dēhǭ Proto-Germanic
- ジャッキ Japanese
- ジャック Japanese
- jekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- dāwe Old English
- dawe Middle English
- tjakkur Icelandic
- jac Welsh
- jac-do Welsh
- taha Old High German
- tāhala Old High German
- tole Middle High German
- jeki Swahili
- 잭 Korean
- jacke xno