wither-

• weather-, wother-, widder- (Scotland)

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.

wither-

1. (now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) Against, in opposition to; in return; counter-; contrary (to); in the opposite direction (of or to); backwards.

• whiter, writhe