Old Norse hlæja

← Old English hliehhan (cognate)

← German lachen (cognate)

← English laugh (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (inherited)

← Old High German hlahhan (cognate)

← Old High German lahhen (mention)

← Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (cognate)

← Old Frisian hlaka (cognate)

← Old Saxon hlahhian (cognate)

→ Old English hliehhan (cognate)

→ Danish le (derived)

→ Faroese læa (derived)

→ Old Swedish leia (inherited)

→ Icelandic hlæja (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål le (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål lått (mention)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk le (inherited)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk lått (mention)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk læ (inherited)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk lægja (inherited)

→ Swedish le (inherited)