From: Brian M. Scott Message: 34371 Date: 2004-09-30
At 10:37:16 AM on Wednesday, September 29, 2004, tgpedersen
wrote:
> Perhaps I should also point out that there is a
> development þw- > Germanic kW- (English 'twig', Danish
> 'kvist';
What's the evidence that these two are cognate? So far as I
know, the actual development is from MHG tw- to kw- in East
Middle German dialects; it's not even a general MHG change,
let alone a Germanic development.