Where does “chubber” come from?
chubber (English) comes from English chubby, from English chub, from Middle English cubbe, from Ottoman Turkish جبه, from Proto-Mongolic jebseg, from Proto-Mongolic jebe, from Arabic شَبّ — alum.
chubber (English): A chubby person
Definitions
- A chubby person
Ancestry of “chubber”, step by step
chubber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chubby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chubby | Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat,... |
| 2 | English | chub | One of various species of freshwater fish of the... |
| 3 | Middle English | cubbe | — |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | جبه | iron armour, cuirass, coat of mail |
| 5 | Proto-Mongolic | jebseg | weapon |
| 6 | Proto-Mongolic | jebe | arrowhead; weapon, arrowhead, rust |
| 7 | Arabic | شَبّ | alum |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |