だっこ

Baby talk.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Possibly a corruption of daku koto, from 抱く (daku, “to hug, to carry or hold in one's arms”) + 事 (koto, “fact, action, instance”),^[1][2][3] or of just 抱く (daku, “to hug, to hold in one's arms”).^[5]

First appears in texts from the 1830s.^[1]

• (Tokyo) だっこ [dáꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [da̠k̚ko̞]

だっこ • (dakko) 

1. (childish) a hug, a hold, a carry

• お姫様(ひめさま)だっこ (o-hime-sama dakko, “bridal carry”)

だっこする • (dakko suru) suru (stem だっこし (dakko shi), past だっこした (dakko shita))

1. (childish) to hug, to carry or hold in one's arms