í essinu sínu

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish være i sit es, from German. "Ess" is from Latin esse (“state, condition”). Ásgeir Blöndal suggests the phrase may be influenced by French être à son aise, cognate with English at ease.[1]

Prepositional phrase

í essinu sínu

  1. in one's element
    Synonyms: vera vel fyrirkallaður, þrífast

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “ess”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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