hlátr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

hlátr (genitive singular hlátrar)

1. laughter

Descendants

• 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