Proto-Nakh: *-law
Meaning: a suffix denoting profession
Chechen: -lo
Ingush: -lo
Batsbi: -law
Comments: Cf. derivates like Chech. ṭema-lō 'warrior', belχa-lō 'worker' (Ing. bolχ-lo), Bacb. ḳomsomol-low 'member of Komsomol' etc. The morpheme originally meant simply "man" (cf. the analogous use of -vi in Lezg., -ž̌i in Tab. < *ćʷijo "man" etc.).