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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	härkomst	härkomsten	härkomster	härkomsterna
Genitive	härkomsts	härkomstens	härkomsters	härkomsternas

Synonyms

• ursprung

See also

• bördig

References

• härkomst in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• härkomst in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)