Where does “đánh trống ngực” come from?

đánh trống ngực (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngực, from Proto-Vietic ŋək — chest.

đánh trống ngực (Vietnamese): to have your heart thump

Definitions

  1. to have your heart thump

Ancestry of “đánh trống ngực”, step by step

đánh trống ngực traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngực

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengựca chest; breasts
2Proto-Vieticŋəkchest

via Vietnamese [[đánh]] [[trống]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamese[[đánh]] [[trống]]—
Every word from Proto-Vietic ŋək →Every word from Vietnamese ngực →