So we think heavy things are important, and we use the word heavy (or, more formally, weighty) to mean important. In fact, gravitas means something like import

So we think heavy things are important, and we use the word heavy (or, more formally, weighty) to mean important. In fact, gravitas means something like importance as well. I wonder which direction the causality flows. The article speculates that it might flow from experience (as an infant) to language...which would suggest that languages other than English should have similar metaphors. Anyone know of any?