Where does “heart-touching” come from?

heart-touching (English) comes from English heart, from Middle English herte, from Old English heorte, from Proto-West Germanic hertā, from Proto-Germanic hertô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

heart-touching (English): Emotionally moving

Definitions

  1. Emotionally moving

Ancestry of “heart-touching”, step by step

heart-touching traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English heart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheartA muscular organ that pumps blood through the...
2Middle EnglishherteThe heart; One's inner self; the mind or...
3Old Englishheorteheart
4Proto-West Germanichertāheart
5Proto-Germanichertôheart
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via English touching

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtouchingpresent participle of touch; Provoking sadness...
2Middle Englishtouching—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hertô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hertā →
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