clink

From Middle English clinken, from Old English clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic klinganą (“to sound”). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.

From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.