Where does “కర్కాటకరాశి” come from?
కర్కాటకరాశి (Telugu) comes from Telugu రాశి, 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.
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Ancestry of “కర్కాటకరాశి”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Telugu | రాశి | A heap, pile; A collection, quantity, multitude,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | राशि | a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | rāśíṣ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | rāćíš | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | rać- | to bind, tie |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | reḱ- | to bind |