Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlahtraz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hlahjaną (“to laugh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlɑx.trɑz/

Noun

*hlahtraz m

1. laughter

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hlahtraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hlahtraz	*hlahtrōz, *hlahtrōs
vocative	*hlahtr	*hlahtrōz, *hlahtrōs
accusative	*hlahtrą	*hlahtranz
genitive	*hlahtras, *hlahtris	*hlahtrǫ̂
dative	*hlahtrai	*hlahtramaz
instrumental	*hlahtrō	*hlahtramiz

Related terms

• *hlahtruz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hlahtr
  • Old English: hleahtor
    • Middle English: laughter, laghter, laȝter
      • Scots: lachter, lauchter
      • English: laughter
  • Old Saxon: *hlahtar
    • Middle Low German: lachter
  • Old High German: lahtar, hlahtar
    • Middle High German: lahter, gelehter
      • German: Gelächter
• Old Norse: hlátr
  • Icelandic: hlátur
  • Faroese: látur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lått
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: lått
  • Old Swedish: lāter
  • Danish: latter
    • Norwegian Bokmål: latter
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: latter
  • Gutnish: latter
  • Scanian: latter

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlahtra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN