I am glad to see you are looking for more
Kartvelian loanwords into Germanic.
But I am in the uncomfortable situation to tell you
this example does not look very good.
KArtvelian tch-x-w-erk = PIE s-H1-w-
Twig cannot be derived from this word.
My opinion is that twig is just 100%
PIE.
(Hard-hats beware !)
twig is from *wik "to be pliant" (especially said
of twigs)
Pokorny weik 1130
-i- is a vowel.
t is from medio-passive prefix #t?- (glottalized
dental stop)
PIE standard theory is bad for phonology and worse
as regards morphology.
PIE often adds the medio-passive prefix as a
semantically pleonastic
addition to roots that already have medio-passive
meaning.
"To be pliant" : *wik = t?-wik
"to be day-light" : *yew = t?-yew
"to weep" : *akr = t?-akr (hence d-akru-ma
"tears")
Etc
Conclusion : no need to look for a non PIE origin
for twig.
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Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied]
Colchidian loan?
http://tinyurl. com/3d9kg4
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Proto-Kartvelian:
*čxwerk& #803;-
Meaning: twig
Georgian:
čxverk& #803;-
Megrelian:
čxvak&# 803;-
Megrelian meaning: to plait a fence
Laz:
čxverk& #803;-
Laz meaning: dry branch
Comments: EWK
442-443.
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twig/Zweig doesn't have a proper etymology, I believe,
nor do Da.
kvist ibd. or kvissel "branch in channel" . Note Megrelian.
Megrelian
and Laz are together called Zan or
Colchidian.
Torsten