"wither-" meaning in English

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Prefix

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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wither-}} Middle English wither-, {{inh|en|ang|wiþer-|t=again, against}} Old English wiþer- (“again, against”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wiþra-}} Proto-West Germanic *wiþra-, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wiþrą|t=against, toward}} Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against, toward”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wī-tero-||further apart}} Proto-Indo-European *wī-tero- (“further apart”), {{m|ine-pro|*wī-||separate, alone}} *wī- (“separate, alone”), {{cog|nds|wedder||against}} Low German wedder (“against”), {{cog|nl|weer||again, back}} Dutch weer (“again, back”), {{cog|de|wider||against, contrary to}} German wider (“against, contrary to”), {{m|de|wieder||again}} wieder (“again”), {{l|en|with}} with Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} wither-, {{en-prefix}} wither-
  1. (now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) Prefix meaning: "against", "in opposition to"; "in return"; "counter-"; "contrary (to)"; "in the opposite direction (of or to)"; "backwards". Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, morpheme Synonyms: weather-, wother-, widder- [Scotland]
    Sense id: en-wither--en-prefix-e~hudMaV Categories (other): British English, Scottish English Derived forms: witherband, witherblench, withercraft, witherlaw, witherling, withernam, withersake, withershins, witherward, witherweight, witherwin, witherwrung

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