Where does “glimmen” come from?

glimmen (German) comes from Middle High German glimmen, from Proto-Germanic glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰley-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

glimmen (German): to shine; to glow

Definitions

  1. to shine; to glow

Ancestry of “glimmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanglimmen—
2Proto-Germanicglimmaną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰley-to shine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

Words derived from “glimmen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic glimmaną →