Where does “rasi” come from?

rasi (Malay) 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.

rasi (Malay): astrology a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house

Definitions

  1. astrology a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house

Ancestry of “rasi”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian rać- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian rāćíš →