Where does “胸に手を当てる” come from?
胸に手を当てる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 胸, from Japanese い, from Japanese や, from Japanese じゃ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ.
胸に手を当てる (Japanese): to self-reflect, to give a serious thought
Definitions
- to self-reflect, to give a serious thought
Ancestry of “胸に手を当てる”, step by step
胸に手を当てる traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 胸
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 胸 | chest, breast; heart, inner thoughts; bosom,... |
| 2 | Japanese | い | Used in compounds with certain sentence-ending... |
| 3 | Japanese | や | and/or; is, are; Alternative form of いや |
| 4 | Japanese | じゃ | so, then—used for connecting to a reasonable... |
| 5 | Japanese | である | To be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です |
| 6 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 7 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 8 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 9 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |