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17th century; perhaps from Frenchchiche(“stingy, niggardly; also "I dare you!"”).
Noun
шиш• (šiš) m inan (genitiveшиша́, nominative pluralшиши́, genitive pluralшише́й)
rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers, which indicates "nothing for you, nuts to you"
Etymology uncertain. Sometimes theorized to be of Turkic origin; compare Turkishşişmek(“to swell, to fatten”). This is dismissed by Vasmer as a mere coincidence.
Епишкин, Николай Иванович (2010) “шиш”, in Исторический словарь галлицизмов русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Словарное издательство ЭТС
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шиш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
