Where does “രാശി” come from?

രാശി (Malayalam) 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.

രാശി (Malayalam): astrological sign, zodiac sign

Definitions

  1. astrological sign, zodiac sign

Ancestry of “രാശി”, 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 →
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