Where does “chunker” come from?

chunker (English) comes from English chunk, from English Chuck, from English chock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать — he, she.

chunker (English): An obese or overweight person; A software tool...

Definitions

  1. An obese or overweight person; A software tool...

Ancestry of “chunker”, step by step

chunker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chunk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchunkA part of something that has been separated; A...
2EnglishChucka Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe
3EnglishchockAny object used as a wedge or filler, especially...
4Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
5Germanschockierento shock
6Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
7Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
8Russianшоки́роватьto horrify, to scandalize, to shock
9Russian-и́роватьa productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords
10German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
11French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
12English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
13Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
14Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
15Latin-ārefirst conjugation
16Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
17Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
18Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
19Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
20Chichewaiyehe, she

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 Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er