daw

Meanings

Noun

• A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.
• An idiot, a simpleton; fool.

Verb

• To dawn.
• To wake (someone) up.
• To daunt; to terrify.

Related

Similar words

• jackdaw (Eurasian jackdaw, European jackdaw, western jackdaw)

Origin

• From Middle English dawe, from Old English dāwe, from Proto-Germanic *dēhǭ (compare German Dahle, Dohle, dialectal Tach), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰākʷ- (compare Old Prussian doacke ("starling")).
• From Middle English dawen, from Old English dagian ("to dawn"), from Proto-West Germanic *dagēn, from Proto-Germanic *dagāną ("to become day, dawn"), from *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ("to burn"). More at day, dawn.