Where does “rāsi” come from?
rāsi (Pali) 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.
rāsi (Pali): quantity, heap
Ancestry of “rāsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | राशि | a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | rāśíṣ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | rāćíš | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | rać- | to bind, tie |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | reḱ- | to bind |
Words derived from “rāsi”