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shimmer

Today it means: To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly. Full definition →

Middle English schimeren ← Old English sċymrian ← Proto-Germanic *skimarōną

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shimmer · verb, noun¹

Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skimarōną
Old English · inherited fromsċymrian
Middle English · inherited fromschimeren
English todayshimmer

From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern.

shimmer · noun²

From shim + -er.

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