Glimmering
/ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ/noun
Emitting a faint, wavering light or shining weakly.
Did you know?Glimmering comes from a Germanic root connected to shining and glittering, and it shares deep ancestry with words for light, brightness, and even the idea of a sudden flash that catches the eye.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ghel-
“to shine; to gleam; to be bright or yellowish”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*glim- / *glimran
“to shine faintly, flicker”
Old English
English
glimrian
“to glimmer, shine dimly”
Middle English
English
glimeren / glimmeren
“to shine with a faint light”
Modern English
English
glimmering
“shining faintly or intermittently”