English

lipcurl

From lip + curl.

A compound of lip + curl

Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang loosely, droop, sag’

Proto-Germanic *lepô

Proto-West Germanic *lippjō

Old English lippa

Middle English lippe

English lip

Middle English crulle ‘curled, curly’

English curl

Today it means

noun Synonym of flehmen.

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