í essinu sínu
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- in one's element
- Synonyms: vera vel fyrirkallaður, þrífast
References
[edit]- ^ 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.)