flacker

Meaning

1. To flutter like a bird.
2. To flicker; to quiver.

Synonyms

flap

flatter

Translations

المتحرك بسرعة

flattern

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: flakeren

Inherited from Old English: *flacorian

Cognate with Old English: flacor

Cognate with Middle Dutch: flakkeren

Cognate with German: flackern

Cognate with Icelandic: flökra

Cognate with Icelandic: flakka

In summary

From Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), from Old English *flacorian, from Proto-West Germanic *flakurōn, from Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter”), related to Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”). Sometimes regarded as a frequentative, equivalent to flack + -er (frequentative suffix).
Akin to Middle Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”). See also flack, flicker.