and i thougt "wort" was the interesting half--
it has an IE root, meaning root and its found in plant names like spiderwort, St JohnsWort, and the root word has branched off.. literly since one of its defintions is Branch! i had copied some stuff from Bartleby's, but it got corrupted when i saved it..maybe i'll root around some more.. since it took some radical turns as move around from language to language..