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

  1. in one's element

Synonyms

References
  1. “ess” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
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