Where does “witheren” come from?

witheren (Middle English) comes from Old English wiþerian, from Old English wiþer, from Proto-West Germanic wiþr, from Proto-Germanic wiþrą, from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

Ancestry of “witheren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwiþerianto resist, oppose
2Old Englishwiþertoward, against; again, against; against, in...
3Proto-West Germanicwiþrtoward, against
4Proto-Germanicwiþrątoward, against
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwī-tero-further apart
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against
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