glimmer
English
/ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡlɪmɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A faint light; a dim glow.
- A flash of light.
- A faint or remote possibility.
- (dated) mica
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English glimeren suffix from English glim (eye, shine) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (glow, gleam, shimmer, shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰley-
Gloss
glow, gleam, shimmer, shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aglimmer English
- glim English
- glimflashy English
- glimmersome English
- glimmery English
- *ǵʰley- Proto-Indo-European
- *glaimiz Proto-Germanic
- *glimmaną Proto-Germanic
- *glimō Proto-Germanic
- *glintaną Proto-Germanic
- *glōmaz Proto-Germanic
- glim Middle English
- glimeren Middle English
- grinn Irish
- grinn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *glēwos Proto-Celtic