English

lick-trencher

From lick + trencher.

A compound of lick + trencher

Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- ‘to lick’

Proto-Germanic *likkōną ‘to lick’

Proto-West Germanic *likkōn ‘to lick’

Old English liccian ‘to lick’

Middle English likken ‘to lick’

English lick

Anglo-Norman trenchour

Middle English trenchour ‘a cutting tool’

Today it means

noun A sycophant

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

Etymograph / lick-trencher