Where does “mãnar” come from?

mãnar (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian mãnã, from Vulgar Latin *mana, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

mãnar (Aromanian): handle

Definitions

  1. handle

Ancestry of “mãnar”, step by step

mãnar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian mãnã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianmãnãhand
2Vulgar Latin*mana—
3Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
4Proto-Italicmanushand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via Latin manuārius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanuāriusof or pertaining to the hand
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →