The story
- German · derived fromglitzern“glint”
- English todayglitz
Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.