laughen
Middle English
/ˈlaxən/, /ˈlau̯xən/
verb
Definitions
- To laugh; to break out in laughter or laughing.
- To express glee or joyfulness; to show happiness.
- (usually with a preposition) To reminisce about; to remember with affection.
- (rare) To laugh about an incident or thing.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hlæhhan inherited from *hlahhjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (laugh).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hlahjaną
Gloss
laugh
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
😂 😅 😆 🤣 😹
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belaugh English
- horselaugh English
- laugh English
- laughability English
- laughable English
- laughaholic English
- laughathon English
- laughee English
- laugher English
- laughest English
- laugheth English
- laughfest English
- laughful English
- laughing English
- laughless English
- laughometer English
- laughsome English
- laughster English
- laughworthy English
- laughy English
- outlaugh English
- prelaugh English
- snaughle English
- underlaugh English
- unlaugh English
- *hlahjaną Proto-Germanic
- hliehhan Old English
- hlæhhan Old English
- laghe Middle English
- lawen Middle English
- lawghynge Middle English
- withlaughen Middle English
- hlæja Old Norse
- hlahhan Old High German
- lahhan Old High German
- lahhen Old High German
- 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *hlahhjan gmw-pro
- *lahhan Old Dutch
- hlahhian Old Saxon
- löghe Old Swedish
- lap Tok Pisin
- lafu Sranan Tongo
- lachen Crimean Gothic