Blinker
/ˈblɪŋ.kər/noun
A person or thing that blinks, or a device that flashes on and off.
Did you know?Blinker is built on *blink*, a word of uncertain origin that may have been influenced by Dutch *blinken* (“to shine”), which makes the modern car signal feel almost like a little engineered spell of light.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
English
blenken
“to blink, glimmer, or shine intermittently”
16th Century
English
blink
“to shut and open the eyes quickly; to flash briefly”
17th Century
English
blinker
“one who or that which blinks”
19th Century
English
blinker
“a device that flashes on and off, especially a signal light”