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flense (v.)
also
flench
, 1814, from Danish
flense
, perhaps, with other Germanic
fli-
words for "cutting, splitting" (for example
flint
,
flinders
) ultimately from PIE root
*(s)plei-
"to splice, split." Related:
Flenser
;
flensing
.