@soumalya,
Logic (set theory) is itself a branch of mathematics and Bertrand Russell failed to establish it as
the universal mathematical substrate.
I suggest you redirect your focus to the word "explanation", and answers to this regarding mathematics include " a reflection of
bodily interactions with
the world" (see Lakoff and Nunez). For example, one well known concept of "addition" is
moving to the right along a number line.
Irrespective of how fundamental operations (like addition( are "explained", one these are established, other operations like multiplication and division can be defined in terms of them. (NB Square rooting also involves the concept of "inverse mapping" which in terms of
the body implies " a return journey")