A Friend in West Virginia, Part Fourteen

My Clarksburg friend's nasty behavior toward others, at times, seems to suggest that he doesn't see the potential consequences of treating others so badly. There can be consequences for being so nasty. Many people do NOT just quietly allow themselves to be verbally (maybe physically?) mistreated, without striking back. As the song says, "You get what you give."

WORD HISTORY: 
Click-This word, in both noun and verb form, with the noun meaning, "a short, clear (crisp) sound coming as the result of some touching or striking action, often nowadays used in reference to a computer mouse." The actual origin of this word is likely imitative; that is, somewhere along the line in a Germanic language, there was an attempt to imitate the sound, followed by the attempt to transfer the sound to writing. The Germanic languages have used a "k" sound (often, but not always  represented in English by a "c") to form words that have to do with sound; for example, "clap," "knock," "clack." Forms of "click" are common in the Germanic languages, but from what I can find, English only began using the word in the mid 1500s. Did English borrow it from one of its relatives, Low German, Dutch, German? The thing is, those languages too have a spotty history for the word, which, as far as I can find, also only dates to the 1500s. Anyway, the other Germanic languages have: German and Low German "klicken," Dutch "klikken," Danish "klik," Norwegian "klikk," ^ Swedish "klicka." I could not find forms in Frisian or Icelandic. 

^ Norwegian also has the very similar "klekke," meaning "to hatch." Is this related to "click," from the sound of a bird breaking the shell of its egg?