clang

clang
clang (v.) 1570s, echoic (originally of trumpets and birds), akin to or from L. clangere "resound, ring," and Gk. klange "sharp sound," from PIE *klang-, nasalized form of root *kleg- "to cry, sound." Related: Clanged; clanging. The noun is attested from 1590s.

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