Where does “hlægilegur” come from?
hlægilegur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hlœgiligr, from Proto-Germanic *hlōgijaną, from Proto-Germanic hlahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European klek- — to laugh, cackle.
hlægilegur (Icelandic): laughable
Ancestry of “hlægilegur”, step by step