wither-

See also: wither and wiþer-

English

Alternative forms

weather-, wother-, widder- (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English wither-, from Old English wiþer- (“again, against”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþra-, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against, toward”), from Proto-Indo-European *wī-tero- (“further apart”), *wī- (“separate, alone”). Cognate with Low German wedder (“against”), Dutch weer (“again, back”), German wider (“against, contrary to”), wieder (“again”). More at with.

Prefix

wither-

(now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) Prefix meaning: "against", "in opposition to"; "in return"; "counter-"; "contrary (to)"; "in the opposite direction (of or to)"; "backwards".

Derived terms

witherband
witherblench
withercraft
witherlaw
witherling
withernam
withersake
withershins
witherward
witherweight
witherwin
witherwrung

English terms prefixed with wither-

Anagrams

whiter, writhe

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