Middle English laughen

← Old English hlæhhan (inherited)

← Old English hlehhan (mention)

← Old English hliehhan (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan (inherited)

→ English laugh (inherited)

→ Middle English withlaughen (prefix)

→ Middle English lawghynge (affix)

→ Yola leeigh (inherited)