Where does “upsitting” come from?

upsitting (English) comes from English sitting, from Middle English sittinge, from Middle English sittande, from Old English sittende, from Proto-Germanic sitjandz, from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

upsitting (English): A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to...

Definitions

  1. A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to...

Ancestry of “upsitting”, step by step

upsitting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sitting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsittingA period during which one is seated for a...
2Middle Englishsittinge—
3Middle Englishsittande—
4Old Englishsittendesitting
5Proto-Germanicsitjandzsitting
6Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via English up

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishupAway from the surface of the Earth or other...
2Middle Englishupto a vertical axis
3Old Englishuppup; upstairs
4Proto-West Germanic*upp—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →