English

aflicker

From a- + flicker.

Formed from a- + flicker

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-West Germanic *flikurōn

Old English flicerian ‘to flutter’

Middle English flikeren ‘to flutter’

Today it means

adj Flickering.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / aflicker