kleng -...the way we write the sound of iron hitting iron

Ours is:

clang (v.) 1570s, echoic (originally of trumpets and birds), akin to or from L. clangere "resound, ring," and Gk. klange "sharp sound," from PIE *klang-, nasalized form of root *kleg- "to cry, sound." The noun is attested from 1590s.