Where does “mana” come from?

mana (English) comes from Maori manâ, from Proto-Polynesian mana, from Proto-Oceanic mana.

mana (English): prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people

Definitions

  1. prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people

Ancestry of “mana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimanâ
2Proto-Polynesianmanapower
3Proto-Oceanicmana

Words derived from “mana

Every word from Proto-Oceanic mana