Laugh Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from Old English hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hliehhan (“to laugh, laugh at, deride, rejoice “), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjanÄ… (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”). Cognate with Scots lauch (“to laugh”), West Frisian laitsje (“to laugh”), Dutch lachen (“to laugh, smile”), German lachen (“to laugh”), Danish le (“to laugh”), Icelandic hlæja (“to laugh”), Albanian qesh (“to laugh”) < arc. klêsh, Latin glōcÄ«re (“to cluck”), Latin glattÄ«re (“to yelp”), Latin gliccÄ«re (“to gaggle”), Welsh cloch (“bell”), Ancient Greek κλώσσω (klṓssô, “to cluck”), Old Church Slavonic клєкотъ (klekotÅ­, “laughter, noise”), Latin clangō (“scream, sound”). Related to clang.

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