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Where does “uprist” come from?

uprist (Middle English) comes from Old English ūprist, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

Ancestry of “uprist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishūpristuprising
2Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
3Proto-Germanicubunder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “uprist”

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