härkomst
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
härkomst c
- origin, descent, extraction
- Han är av tysk härkomst
- He is of German origin
- vara av ringa härkomst
- be of humble birth
Declension edit
| Declension of härkomst | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | härkomst | härkomsten | härkomster | härkomsterna |
| Genitive | härkomsts | härkomstens | härkomsters | härkomsternas |