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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 Prussiandoacke(“starling”), Latinfaccilāre(“the sound or timbre of the thrush”), and GermanDohle(“jackdaw”).
