scrike

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skrik-“to cry; shriek”
2. Old Norse · derived fromskríkja“to shriek”
3. Old English · inherited fromscriccettan“to screech”
4. Middle English · inherited fromskriken
5. English todayscrike

From Middle English skriken, shrichen, scrichen, from the fusion of Old English scriccettan (“to screech”) and Old Norse skríkja (“to shriek”); both from Proto-Germanic *skrik- (“to cry; shriek”). Cognate with Icelandic skríkja (“to chirp; twitter”), Danish skrige (“to shriek”). Related to shriek.

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