Where does “胸を張る” come from?
胸を張る (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.
胸を張る (Japanese): to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
Definitions
- to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
Ancestry of “胸を張る”, step by step
胸を張る 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 | — |
via Japanese を
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | を | A case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually... |
| 2 | Proto-Japonic | wo | accusative marker; away from, off |
via Japanese 張る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 張る | spread, fill; swell; put up, spread |