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