Where does “뚱뚱이” come from?

뚱뚱이 (Korean) comes from Korean 뚱뚱하다, from Korean 뚱뚱.

뚱뚱이 (Korean): fat person; fatso

Definitions

  1. fat person; fatso

Ancestry of “뚱뚱이”, step by step

뚱뚱이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 뚱뚱하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean뚱뚱하다fat
2Korean뚱뚱—

via Korean —이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
2Middle Korean이person
Every word from Korean 뚱뚱 →
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