widdershins

 
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪdəʃɪnz/
(also withershins)

adverb

chiefly Scottish
  • in a direction contrary to the sun’s course, considered as unlucky; anticlockwise: she danced widdershins around him

Origin:

early 16th century: from Middle Low German weddersins, from Middle High German widersinnes, from wider 'against' + sin 'direction'; the second element was associated with Scots sin 'sun'