widdershins
English
/ˈwɪ.də.ʃɪnz/, /ˈwɪ.dɚ.ʃɪnz/
adv
Definitions
- (obsolete) The wrong way.
- Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German weddersins derived from Middle High German widersinnes.
Origin
Middle High German
widersinnes
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- withershins English
- Nimmerwiedersehen German
- Wiederannäherung German
- Wiederaufarbeitung German
- Wiedergeburt German
- Wiedergewinnung German
- Wiederhören German
- Wiedersehen German
- auf Wiederschauen German
- auf Wiedertreffen German
- wieder German
- wiedereintrittsfähig German
- wiedererkennen German
- wiedergeben German
- wiedergeboren German
- wiederverwendbar German
- wiederverwenden German
- widdersinnes Middle High German
- wider Middle High German
- widersinnes Middle High German
- weddersins Middle Low German