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”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Suffix missing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxlɑx.trɑz/

Noun

*hlahtraz m

laughter

Inflection

Declension 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 Dutch: *lahtar, lahter
  - Middle Dutch: lachter
    - Dutch: lachter (archaic)
- Old High German: hlahtar, lahtar
  - Middle High German: lahter
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)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN