Where does “朝飯前” come from?

朝飯前 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 朝飯, from Japanese 朝, from Old Japanese 朝, from Proto-Japonic asa — morning.

朝飯前 (Japanese): A piece of cake; an extremely simple thing,...

Definitions

  1. A piece of cake; an extremely simple thing,...

Ancestry of “朝飯前”, step by step

朝飯前 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 朝飯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese朝飯Breakfast
2Japanese朝the morning; the morning, morn; the morrow, next...
3Old Japanese朝the morning, morn; the morrow, next morning
4Proto-Japonicasamorning

via Japanese 前

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese前the front; the past; previous
2Middle Chinese前—
Every word from Proto-Japonic asa →Every word from Old Japanese 朝 →Every word from Japanese 朝 →