Proto-Germanic: *kaxxitjan-/*gakkitjan- vb.
Meaning: laugh
Old Norse: { gagl 'Schneegans'; gaga 'verspotten' }
Old English: ceahhettan `laut lachen'
English: gaggle
Middle Dutch: gāgelen
Dutch: gaggelen
Middle Low German: gāgelen
Old High German: ga(c)kizzen (11.Jh.), irgackizen, irgickazzen (Hs.12.Jh.) {, kachazzen `laut lachen' }
Middle High German: gāgen, gāgern wk. 'schreien wie die gans', gagzen wk. 'gackern' { gackezen, gagezen }
German: gackern, gacksen, gackeln
