Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.
From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of various birds; chirping”), from Old English ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm (“noise, cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmi, *karm, from Proto-Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz. Doublet of charm (“sound, voices; group, flock”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*ǵeh₂r-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionchirmenenm · to chirp, twitter
- Inherited-form mentionċirmanang · to make a noise, cry out, shout
- Inherited-form mention*karmijangmw-pro · to make a sound
- Inherited-form mentionchirmenm · the call of various birds; chirping
- Inherited-form mentionċirmang
- Inherited-form mention*karmigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*karmazgem-pro
- Doublet mentioncharmen · sound, voices; group, flock
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