jackdaw
English

Etymology
Compound of jack + dawCategory:English compound terms#JACKDAW. 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 EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Old English#JACKDAW *dāwe, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#JACKDAW *dēhǭ, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#JACKDAW *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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒækˌdɔː/Category:English 2-syllable words#JACKDAWCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#JACKDAW
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒækˌdɔ/, /ˈd͡ʒækˌdɑ/Category:English 2-syllable words#JACKDAWCategory:English 2-syllable words#JACKDAWCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#JACKDAW
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#JACKDAWAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ækdɔː, -ækdɑCategory:Rhymes:English/ækdɔː#JACKDAWCategory:Rhymes:English/ækdɔː/2 syllables#JACKDAWCategory:Rhymes:English/ækdɑ#JACKDAWCategory:Rhymes:English/ækdɑ/2 syllables#JACKDAW
- Hyphenation: jack‧daw
Noun
jackdaw (plural jackdaws)Category:English lemmas#JACKDAWCategory:English nouns#JACKDAWCategory:English countable nouns#JACKDAWCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JACKDAWCategory:Pages with entries#JACKDAWCategory:Pages with 1 entry#JACKDAW
- A bird of the genus Coloeus, similar in appearance to crows and found within the same family; traditionally associated with church towers and ruins, where it frequently likes to nest.
- Synonym: daw
- Hyponyms: European jackdaw, Daurian jackdaw
Translations
Further reading
- “jackdaw”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “jackdaw”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
