Etymology · Proto-West Germanic
*dāhwā
2 English words descend from Proto-West Germanic *dāhwā, most common first.
- dawA western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.
- jackdawA 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.