af erlendu bergi brotinn
Icelandic
editEtymology
edit"Af X bergi brotinn" literally means "broken from an X rock". It is most likely a Biblically-inspired analogy describing each person as being carved out of a specific rock, with that rock therefore being their origin.
Prepositional phrase
edit- (higher register) (a person who is) of a foreign origin or has a foreign background; (a person who) was born in a foreign country but now lives here