Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “klek-”
119 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European klek- — including laugh, laughing, laughter, laughingly, laughable, loch, laughingstock, laughably.
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English (40)
- laugh
- laughing
- laughter
- laughingly
- laughable
- loch
- laughingstock
- laughably
- laugher
- laugheth
- laughest
- horselaugh
- lochside
- laughy
- laughless
- laughableness
- laughingthrush
- laughterless
- unlaughing
- laughability
- unlaughable
- laughsome
- laughterful
- laughfest
- outlaugh
- laughful
- horselaughter
- laughworthy
- unlaugh
- laughing stock
- nonlaughing
- prelaugh
- laughathon
- laughster
- unlaughingly
- belaugh
- prelaughter
- laughometer
- laughaholic
- laughtersome