bodkin

bodkin · noun, adverb¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromboydekin“dagger”
2. English todaybodkin

From Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), apparently from *boyde, *boide (of unknown [Celtic?] origin) + -kin. Cognate with Scots botkin, boitkin, boikin (“bodkin”). Compare button, beat, bad, Old Norse váði.

Bodkin · proper noun²

Ultimately from the Middle Dutch personal name Bodekin, a pet form of Baldwin.