Where does “dễ như ăn kẹo” come from?

dễ như ăn kẹo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kéo, from English Joe, from English joseph, from Hebrew יוֹסֵף — shall add.

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

Definitions

  1. easy as pie, easy as cake

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

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

via Vietnamese kéo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekéoto pull; scissors
2EnglishJoeA male; a guy; a fellow
3EnglishjosephA woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century...
4Hebrewיוֹסֵףshall add

via Vietnamese như

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhưlike; as
2Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese
Every word from Hebrew יוֹסֵף
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