重たい (Heavy)

Is 重い a shortened version of 重たい in the same way that きもい is to 気持ち悪い or むずい is to 難しい?

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  1. 「おもいたし」(<「おもし(重し)」+「いたし(甚し)」)の転とされるが不詳

    that’s the supposed breakdown of that word, so you can see it’s an extended – and then independent – form of the original 重い

  2. 重たい is including negative emotion.
    So if I’m holding a big box and say “this is 重たい” I’m explaining this is heavy at the same time I’m expressing my feelings which is this is heavy and it’s hard to hold

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