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

Synonyms

• ursprung

See also

• bördig

References

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