Old Norse

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlahtruz, *hlahtraz. Cognate with Old English hleahtor, Old High German lahtar.

Noun

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hlátr (genitive singular hlátrar)

  1. laughter

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hlátur
  • Faroese: látur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lått
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lått
  • Old Swedish: lāter
  • Danish: latter
  • Gutnish: latter
  • Scanian: latter