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Where does “hinkünftig” come from?

hinkünftig (German) comes from German künftig, from Middle High German kümftec, from Old High German kumftīg.

hinkünftig (German): future

Definitions

  1. future

Ancestry of “hinkünftig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankünftigfuture; henceforth, in the future
2Middle High Germankümftec—
3Old High Germankumftīg—
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