Where does “upping” come from?

Upping derives from the present participle of English up, from Old English upp, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from the root h₃ewp-.

upping (English): present participle of up; The act of increasing...

Definitions

present participle of up; The act of increasing...

Ancestry of “upping”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	up	Away from the surface of the Earth or other...
2	Middle English	up	to a vertical axis
3	Old English	upp	up; upstairs
4	Proto-West Germanic	*upp	—

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *upp →Every word from Old English upp →Every word from Middle English up →