Where does “dễ như ăn cháo” come from?

dễ như ăn cháo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese như, from Middle Chinese 如.

dễ như ăn cháo (Vietnamese): easy as pie, easy as cake

Definitions

  1. easy as pie, easy as cake

Ancestry of “dễ như ăn cháo”, step by step

dễ như ăn cháo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese như

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhưlike; as
2Middle Chinese如—

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese安—

via Vietnamese chào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechàoto bow, to greet, to salute; to solicit; good...
2Proto-Vieticcaːwʔ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 如 →Every word from Vietnamese như →