leia

Old Swedish

verb

Definitions

to laugh
to smile

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse hlæja (laugh) 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

*hlahjaną Proto-Germanic
le Norwegian Nynorsk
hliehhan Old English
hlæja Old Norse
hlæja Icelandic
lahhan Old High German
lahhen Old High German
læa Faroese
𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
*hlahhjan gmw-pro
löghe Old Swedish
lēia, leia Old Swedish
lachen Crimean Gothic