Where does “राशि” come from?

राशि (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit राशि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan rāśíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian rāćíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian rać-, from Proto-Indo-European reḱ- — to bind.

राशि (Hindi): amount, quantity; variable; sum, total

Definitions

  1. amount, quantity; variable; sum, total

Ancestry of “राशि”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritराशिa heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity,...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanrāśíṣ—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianrāćíš—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianrać-to bind, tie
5Proto-Indo-Europeanreḱ-to bind

Words derived from “राशि”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian rać- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian rāćíš →