chide

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromċīdan“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”
2. Middle English · inherited fromchiden“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”
3. English todaychide

From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ċīdan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, complain”). Cognate with German kiden (“to sound”); Old High German kīdal (“wedge”).