Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ʰágẓʰati (“laughs”), from *ȷ́ʰagẓʰ-, reduplication of the root *ȷ́ʰas- (“to laugh”); compare Sanskrit जक्षत् (jákṣat, “laughing”) and हसति (hasati, “laughs”).
jagghati