Where does “schaterlach” come from?
schaterlach (Dutch) comes from Dutch schaterlachen, from Dutch lachen, from Middle Dutch lachen, from Old Dutch lahhan, from Proto-West Germanic hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic hlahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European klek- — to laugh, cackle.
schaterlach (Dutch): loud laughter
Ancestry of “schaterlach”, step by step