Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “hlahhjan”
75 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic hlahhjan — including laugh, laughing, laughingly, laughable, loch, laughingstock, laughably, laugher.
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English (34)
- laugh
- laughing
- laughingly
- laughable
- loch
- laughingstock
- laughably
- laugher
- laugheth
- laughest
- horselaugh
- lochside
- laughy
- laughless
- laughableness
- laughingthrush
- unlaughing
- laughability
- unlaughable
- laughsome
- laughfest
- outlaugh
- laughful
- laughworthy
- unlaugh
- laughing stock
- nonlaughing
- prelaugh
- laughathon
- laughster
- unlaughingly
- belaugh
- laughometer
- laughaholic