upright

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*upprehtaz
2. Old English · inherited fromupriht“upright; erect”
3. Middle English · inherited fromupright
4. English todayupright

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).