härkomst

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German herkomst, herkumpst. Compare similarly borrowed ankomst (“arrival”) and tillkomst (“coming into existence, creation”). The second element -komst is from Proto-Germanic *kumþiz, but is not a native Swedish formation, rather a borrowing of the Middle Low German suffix. The native Swedish descendant of *kumþiz would be -kund.

Noun

härkomst c

  1. origin, descent, extraction
    Han är av tysk härkomst
    He is of German origin
    vara av ringa härkomst
    be of humble birth

Declension

Declension of härkomst
nominative genitive
singular indefinite härkomst härkomsts
definite härkomsten härkomstens
plural indefinite härkomster härkomsters
definite härkomsterna härkomsternas

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