upheave

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromūpāhebban“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”
2. Middle English · inherited fromupheven
3. English todayupheave

From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”).