Proto-Indo-European
*klek-
‘to laugh, cackle’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *klek-.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, most familiar first.
- low ← lough ← hlōh ← hliehhan ← *hlahhjan
- laugh ← laughen ← hlæhhan ← hliehhan ← *hlahhjan
- laughing ← laughynge ← laughen ← hlæhhan ← *hlahhjan
- laughter ← hleahtor ← *hlahtraz
- belaugh ← belahhen ← behliehhan ← hliehhan ← *hlahhjan
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *klek-