kommer

See also: kòmmer

Danish

kommer

From Middle Dutch commer, comber. Multiple etymologies have been proposed:

Often said to be from Old French combre (“hindrance, barrier”), combrer (“to hinder”), from Medieval Latin combrus (“barricade”), usually said to be from either Latin cumulus (“heap”) or Gaulish *komberū << Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”) << *kom- +‎ *bereti (“to bear”).^[1]^[2]
Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *kumbraz.

kommer m (uncountable)

problems, worries, concern
sadness, sorrow
Een spin in de morgen brengt kommer en zorgen.
A spider in the morning brings sorrow and worries. (Dutch proverb)

^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “combrus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 204
^ “encombrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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