An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Dohle

by Friedrich Kluge

Dohle, feminine, ‘jackdaw,’ from the equivalent Middle High German tâhele, tâle, tâhe, Old High German tâha, feminine; primary form *dêhwô, dêwô, according to Anglo-Saxon *dâwe, English daw, whence also English caddow, ‘daw’ (the first part of the compound is Anglo-Saxon câ, Dutch kâ, Old High German châha, ‘daw’; so, too, English chough). From Teutonic þâhwalô is derived Italian taccola, ‘magpie.’