minus-squareSpuddaccino@reddthat.comtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?linkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago“Sunwise”, and for the exact same reason. Clocks go clockwise because their predecessors did. What were their predecessors? Sundials. How does the shadow go around a sundial? Well, sunwise, of course. Counterclockwise, as said in another comment, was “widdershins”, from a Middle Low German phrase meaning “against the way”. linkfedilink
“Sunwise”, and for the exact same reason.
Clocks go clockwise because their predecessors did. What were their predecessors?
Sundials.
How does the shadow go around a sundial? Well, sunwise, of course.
Counterclockwise, as said in another comment, was “widdershins”, from a Middle Low German phrase meaning “against the way”.