Where does “두근거리다” come from?

두근거리다 (Korean) comes from Korean -거리다 — Suffix deriving frequentative verbs from ideophonic terms.

두근거리다 (Korean): to pound, to palpitate

Definitions

  1. to pound, to palpitate

Ancestry of “두근거리다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean-거리다Suffix deriving frequentative verbs from ideophonic terms
Every word from Korean -거리다
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