flikkeren

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive) to flicker, to waver unsteadily
2. (colloquial,intransitive) to fall
3. (colloquial,transitive) to throw

Concepten

flikkeren

flakkeren

schitteren

vonken schieten

wapperen

flitsen

flonkeren

lichten

twinkelen

gloren

bliksemen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈflɪkərə(n)/

Etymologie (Engels)

From earlier flickeren, vlickeren, perhaps equivalent to vlikken + -eren. Perhaps ultimately imitative of birds' wings, or from Proto-Germanic *flakuraz (“shaking, wavering”), related to *flakurōną (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *plag- (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelə- (“to wander”). Or, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).
Compare West Frisian flikkerje, Middle Low German vlickeren (“to beat, flap”), Old English flicorian (“to flap, flutter”). More at English flicker, flaunt.