•to quiver, to tremble, to flutter, to twitch · to shudder, to flinch, to have the shivers (from fear, unpleasant surprise, etc.) · to fear, to be afraid
çekim: geçmiş scintillé · ortaç scintillé · şimdiki scintille · ulaç scintillant
köken: Borrowed from Latin scintillāre. Compare étinceler, which may be an inherited doublet through a Vulgar Latin derivative, or an internal formation.
köken: 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,…