Where does “şişman” come from?

şişman (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani şişmək, from Proto-Turkic *sīĺč-.

şişman (Azerbaijani): fat, obese

Definitions

  1. fat, obese

Ancestry of “şişman”, step by step

şişman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani şişmək

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanişişməkto swell
2Proto-Turkic*sīĺč-—

via Azerbaijani man

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniman—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *sīĺč- →Every word from Azerbaijani şişmək →