- καχάζω
- καχάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `laugh loudly' (IA, Theoc.).Other forms: also κακχάζω, καγχάζω (on the gemination and nasalisation Schwyzer 315 a. 647), aor. καχάσαι, fut. καχαξῶ (Theoc.),Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. ἀνα-, ἐκ-,Derivatives: καχασμοί pl. (Ar. Nu. 1073, v. l.), κακχαδίαι ἰσχνό-φωνοι H.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [634] *kha kha `ha ha'Etymology: Reduplicated sound-word with comparable forms in several languages: Skt. (gramm.) kákhati, OCS chochotati, OHG kachazzen `id.', Arm. xaxan-k` pl., Lat. cachinnus `resounding laughter' with cachinnō, -āre; perhaps genetic cognate, which is uncertain. Cf. Pok. 634 and the etym. dict., notably W.-Hofmann s. cachinnō. S. also *κηκάζω.Page in Frisk: 1,804
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.