Where does “flanch” come from?

flanch (English) comes from Old French flanche, from Frankish *hlanku.

flanch (English): A flange; A bearing consisting of a circle...

Definitions

  1. A flange; A bearing consisting of a circle...

Ancestry of “flanch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflancheflank, side
2Frankish*hlanku—

Words derived from “flanch”

Every word from Frankish *hlanku →Every word from Old French flanche →