chirk

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*krakōn“to make a sound, crack”
2. Old English · inherited fromċearcian“to chatter, creak, crash”
3. Middle English · inherited fromchirken
4. English todaychirk

From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.

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