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.
朝飯前 (Japanese): A piece of cake; an extremely simple thing,...
Definitions
- A piece of cake; an extremely simple thing,...
Ancestry of “朝飯前”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 朝飯 | Breakfast |
| 2 | Japanese | 朝 | the morning; the morning, morn; the morrow, next... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 朝 | the morning, morn; the morrow, next morning |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | asa | — |