härkomst

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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

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