Ding
early 17th century: imitative.
wiktionary
From Middle English dingen, dyngen(strong verb), from Old English *dingan(“to ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną(“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen-(“to beat, push”). Related to Old English dengan(“to ding, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja(“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną(“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja(“to hammer”), Swedish dänga(“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge(“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln(“to peen”).
Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,
Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).
etymonline
ding (v.)
1819, "to sound as metal when struck," possibly abstracted from ding-dong (1550s), which is of imitative origin. The meaning "to deal heavy blows" is c. 1300, probably from Old Norse dengja "to hammer," perhaps also imitative. Meaning "dent" is 1960s. Related: Dinged; dinging.
