German glimmen

← Proto-Germanic *glimmaną (inherited)

← Middle High German glimmen (inherited)

← Old Swedish glim (cognate)

← Old Swedish glimma (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (derived)

← Norwegian glim (cognate)

→ German glosen (mention)

→ German Glimmer (affix)

→ German Glimmen (mention)

→ German verglimmen (prefix)