English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “fast, agile” + “boy, son”
From *rasku (“fast, agile”) + *poris (“boy, son”), thus meaning the "swift son" or "son of the swift". Or, due to *rasku being a possible epithet of the Thracian horseman-god, another possibly meaning might be "son of the horseman-god".
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: RaskuporisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
