North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *-r- (/-b-)

Meaning: frequentative / factitive infix (class marker?)

Proto-Nakh: *-b-

Proto-Avaro-Andian: [*-r-]

Proto-Tsezian: *-j-/-w-/-r-/-b-

Proto-Dargwa: *-r-

Proto-Lezghian: *-r-

Proto-West Caucasian: *r-

Notes: All highly questionable. All these morphemes may have been original (prefixed or suffixed) class markers, or else may be quite unrelated with each other. Cf. also Hurr., Urart. -ar- 'factitive (causative) suffix' - positionally closest to Avar -r-, but semantically - to PWC *r-.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *-b-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: infix of imperfective aspect

Chechen: -w-

Ingush: -w-

Batsbi: -b-

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: [*-r-]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: frequentative

Avar: -r- [+-dar-, -rd-]

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *-j-/-w-/-r-/-b-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: verbal plural infixes (orig. class markers?)

Bezhta: -V:-, -ja-, -wa-, -ba-, -wa-ba-

Gunzib: -V:-, -ja-, -wa-, -ar-, -ba

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *-r-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: infix of perfective / imperfective aspect

Akusha: -r-

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *-r-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: imperfective infix

Agul: -r- (Burk.)

Budukh: -r- (-l-, -n- in reson. conjugation)

Archi: -r-

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *r-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: causative

Abkhaz: -r-

Abaza: -r-

Ubykh: d-

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