Ping
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mid 19th century: imitative.
wiktionary
Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen(“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan(“to prick”). Compare English pang.
etymonline
ping (n.)
1835, imitative of the sound of a bullet whistling through the air or striking something sharply. Meaning "short, high-pitched electronic pulse" is attested from 1943. As a verb from 1855; in computer sense is from at least 1981, based on earlier use of the word in reference to a submarine sonar pulse, in which it might combine the sound-word and ping-pong (which also is based on sound). Related: Pinged; pinging.
