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

  1. A chubby person

Ancestry of “chubber”, step by step

chubber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chubby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchubbyOf a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat,...
2EnglishchubOne of various species of freshwater fish of the...
3Middle Englishcubbe
4Ottoman Turkishجبهiron armour, cuirass, coat of mail
5Proto-Mongolicjebsegweapon
6Proto-Mongolicjebearrowhead; weapon, arrowhead, rust
7Arabicشَبّalum

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Arabic شَبّEvery word from Proto-Mongolic jebeEvery word from Proto-Mongolic jebseg
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