Wednesday Word: Widdershins

widdershins |ˈwidərˌ sh inz| (also withershins)adverb chiefly Scottishin a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise.ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Middle Low Germanweddersins, from Middle High Germanwidersinnes, from wider ‘against’ + sin ‘direction’ ; the second element was associated with Scots sin [sun.]