North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ʡwerV

Meaning: look, sight

Proto-Nakh: *bʡar

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ħarV (~ -o-)

Proto-Lak: =uru-gʷa-

Proto-Dargwa: *ħer

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔwVr-

Notes: Cf. also Hurr. fūr- ( < HU *wūr-) 'to look, see', see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 64. An archaic root; not widely represented, probably because in most languages it merged with *ʡwĭlʔi 'eye'.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *bʡar (~ -ā-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 look, sight 2 to meet, look, stare

Chechen: bʕar 1

Ingush: bʕar ħaža 2

Batsbi: bʕar-daχar 2

Comments: The root is very close phonetically to PN *bʡa 'eye' (q.v.), but external parallels show that it must be kept distinct. For the short vowel in PN cf. Chech. obl. stem bʕära- (also used in bʕära ħēža 'to stare' = Ing. bʕar-ħaža).

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ħarV (~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to see, look

Akhvakh: hari-gu-

Comments: An archaic compound, preserved only in Akhv. Within Andian it could be analyzed as "eye"+"see" (etymology of the compound -gu- see under *-agwV); however a precise equation Akhv. hari-gu- = Lak. -uru-gʷa- 'to look' makes us think that hari- here represents a different root.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: =uru-gʷa-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to look

Lak form: =uru-ga-n

Comments: Ger. pr. =uru=gu-n. Etymology of the second part (-gʷa-) see under k:ʷak:ʷa- (PEC *=agwV).

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *ħer

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: look, sight

Akusha: ħer

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔwVr-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to glance, peep; to visit

Archi: hara-kes

Comment: An archaic stem - isolated in Arch., but having good external parallels. An old derivate is also Arch. hara-k-ut 'window'.

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