hlæja
Icelandic
/ˈl̥aiːja/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to laugh
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hlæja (laugh) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (laugh).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hlahjaną
Gloss
laugh
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
😂 😅 😆 🤣 😹
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belaugh English
- horselaugh English
- laugh English
- laughability English
- laughable English
- laughaholic English
- laughathon English
- laughee English
- laugher English
- laughest English
- laugheth English
- laughfest English
- laughful English
- laughing English
- laughless English
- laughometer English
- laughsome English
- laughster English
- laughworthy English
- laughy English
- outlaugh English
- prelaugh English
- snaughle English
- underlaugh English
- unlaugh English
- *hlahjaną Proto-Germanic
- le Norwegian Nynorsk
- hliehhan Old English
- laughen Middle English
- hlæja Old Norse
- lahhan Old High German
- lahhen Old High German
- læa Faroese
- laachen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *hlahhjan gmw-pro
- leia Old Swedish
- löghe Old Swedish
- lēia, leia Old Swedish
- lap Tok Pisin
- lafu Sranan Tongo
- lachen Crimean Gothic