Words that come from Proto-Germanic hlahjaną

190 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hlahjaną — including laugh, laughing, laughter, laughingly, laughable, laughingstock, laughably, laugher.

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English (46)

German (19)

Middle English (11)

Old English (10)

Dutch (9)

Icelandic (8)

Swedish (8)

French (6)

Old Swedish (6)

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Old Norse (5)

Old High German (5)

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Norwegian Bokmål (4)

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Middle High German (3)

Afrikaans (2)

Gothic (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Romanian (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Cimbrian (2)

Yola (2)

Bavarian (2)

Crimean Gothic (1)

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Faroese (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Scots (1)

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