An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/flimmern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
flimmern
Friedrich Kluge2508275An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — flimmern1891John Francis Davis

flimmern, vb., ‘to glimmer, sparkle, scintillate,’ like the older ModHG. flimmen, a derivative, by gradation, of Flamme.