English
flincher
From flinch + -er.
Formed from flinch + -er
Proto-Indo-European *kleng- ‘to bend, turn, wind’
Proto-Germanic *hlankijaną ‘to bend, twist, flex’
Frankish *hlankijan
Old French flenchir
Middle French flenchir ‘to bend’
English flinch
Today it means
noun One who flinches.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flincher