Where does “ราศี” come from?

ราศี (Thai) 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.

ราศี (Thai): sum; mass; assemblage; aggregate; accumulation

Definitions

  1. sum; mass; assemblage; aggregate; accumulation

Ancestry of “ราศี”, 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

Words derived from “ราศี”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian rać- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian rāćíš →