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chirp (v.)
[chirp 词源字典]
mid-15c. (implied in
chirping
), echoic, or else a variant of Middle English
chirken
"to twitter" (late 14c.), from Old English
cearcian
"to creak, gnash." Related:
Chirped
. As a noun, attested from 1802.
[chirp etymology, chirp origin, 英语词源]