गण्

Etymology
. Mayrhofer and Turner both reconstruct an original -ṛ- vowel to account for the variance of this root's -a- for -i- and -u- in the descendants.

Beyond this, the derivation is unclear. Turner connects it to, from , from. Mayrhofer connects it to, whence also. If so, cognates include 🇨🇬 and, and 🇨🇬.

Root

 * 1) to count, calculate