Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hlahtr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz.

Noun

*hlahtr m

1. laughter

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hlahtr
Genitive	*hlahtras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hlahtr	*hlahtrō, *hlahtrōs
Accusative	*hlahtr	*hlahtrā
Genitive	*hlahtras	*hlahtrō
Dative	*hlahtrē	*hlahtrum
Instrumental	*hlahtru	*hlahtrum

Related terms

• *hlahhjan

Descendants

• 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