Where does “lipangulo” come from?

lipangulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto lipo, from English lip, from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.

lipangulo (Esperanto): corner of the mouth

Definitions

  1. corner of the mouth

Ancestry of “lipangulo”, step by step

lipangulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto lipo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolipolip
2EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
3Germanlippelip
4Yiddishליפּlip
5Middle High Germanlippe—
6Old High German*lippa—
7Proto-Germanic*lippjō—

via Esperanto angulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoangulocorner; angle
2LatinAngulusA city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂engulosjoint?
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eng-curve, bend
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →