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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *klek-