í essinu sínu
Icelandic
Etymology
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
- in one's element
Synonyms
- vera vel fyrirkallaður
- þrífast
References
- “ess” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.