English

horselaughter

From horse + laughter.

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Proto-Indo-European *klek-

Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz

Old English hleahtor ‘laughter, jubilation, derision’

Middle English laughter ‘Laughing’

Today it means

noun A horselaugh.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / horselaughter