Where does “vana” come from?

vana (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq, from Proto-Austronesian panaq — to shoot.

vana (Fijian): to shoot

Definitions

  1. to shoot

Ancestry of “vana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpanaqto shoot
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpanaqto shoot
3Proto-Austronesianpanaqto shoot
Every word from Proto-Austronesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic panaq →