צ־ח־קض ح ك
ṣ-ḥ-q “to laugh, play” Yiṣḥāq, 'he laughs', is Isaac, named for Sarah's laughter. The variant śiḥēq 'to play, make sport' went through Western Yiddish tskhoken 'to play' into Rotwelsch and German Zocker, a gambler. Arabic ḍaḥika 'to laugh' is the regular cognate.
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Relatives outside the atlas Biblical Hebrew צְחֹק ṣəḥōq “laughter” Biblical Hebrew שְׂחוֹק śəḥôq “laughter, sport” Modern Hebrew מִשְׂחָק misḥak “game” Arabic ضَحِكَ ḍaḥika “to laugh” Arabic إِسْحَاق ʾIsḥāq “Isaac”
Sources Lexodus atlas entries isaac, zocker (citing Pfeifer and Weinberg) Klein, s.v. צחק, שחק