PWS

*ṣ̂ḥk/ṣ̂ḥḳ - to laugh (SED I 70ᵥ)

The level of reconstruction is uncertain due to semantic difficulties concerning the possible Akkadian cognate.

Akkadian
šeḫēḳu - to sneeze(?) (CAD Š₂ 263; AHw. 1210)

< *ŝḥḳ < *ṣ̂ḥḳ? The very meaning “to sneeze” is hardly ever attested in the extant Akkadian corpus. Our dictionaries consider this verb as a candidate, but it remains semantically difficult. See further SED I No. 70ᵥ.

Ebla
za-ˀà-gú-um /ṣaḥākum/ - to laugh (VE 217, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 689)

WS borrowing

Ugaritic
ṣḥḳ - to laugh (DUL 782)
Hebrew
ṣḥḳ - to laugh (HALOT 1019)
Hebrew
ŝḥḳ - to laugh (HALOT 1315)
dissimilated from *ṣ̂ḥḳ?
Hatran
šḥḳ - to laugh, smile kindly on s.o. (DNWSI 1121)
From *ŝḥḳ, dissimilated from *ṣ̂ḥḳ?
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
gḥk - to laugh, jest (DJPA 126)
With g- instead of *ˁ- to avoid incompatible pharyngeals *ˁ- and *-ḥ-.
Syriac
gḥk - to laugh (LSyr. 113, SL 227)
With g- instead of *ˁ- to avoid incompatible pharyngeals *ˁ- and *-ḥ-.
Mandaic
ahk, ˁhk - to laugh (MD 9)
On the reflex cf. SED I 325-326.
Mandaic
ghk - to laugh (MD 81)
On the reflex cf. SED 325-326.
Turoyo
gḥk - I. to laugh (Barsky et al. 2018:92)
Var. gḥx
Arabic
ḍḥk - to laugh (BK 2 11, Lane 1771)
Geez
ŝaḥaḳa - to laugh (CDG 528)
Var. ŝəḥḳa. With dissimilation of the two “emphatics”?
Tigre
säḥaḳä - to laugh (WTS 171)
With dissimilation of the two “emphatics”?
Tigrinya
säḥaḳä - ridere (to laugh) (TED 643, Bassano 1918: 170)
With dissimilation of the two “emphatics”?
Amharic
ṣaḳä - to laugh (AED 503)
Argobba
säḥaḳa - to laugh (EDG 556)
Argobba
ṭɛḥaḳ - lachen (to laugh) (Wetter 2010: 90, AAD 151)
Harari
sēḥaḳa - to laugh (EDH 138)
Selti
sāḳä - to laugh (EDG 556)
Wolane
saˀä - to laugh (EDG 556)
Zway
sāḳä - to laugh (EDG 556)
Gafat
ṣaḳä - to laugh (Leslau 1956: 236)
Chaha
daḳä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Ezha
daḳä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Endegen
dāˀä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Ennemor
dāˀä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Gyeto
dāḳä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Muher
daˀä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Muher
daḳä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Masqan
daḳä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Gogot
daˀä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Soddo
daˀä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Soddo
daḳä - to laugh (EDG 216)
Mehri
ẑəḥāk - to laugh (ML 475)
Jibbali
ẓ̂aḥák - to laugh (JL 325)
Harsusi
ẑəḥāk - to laugh (HL 151)
Soqotri
ẓ̂áḥak - to laugh (LS 361; CSOL I 699; CSOL II 634)