Where does “mana” come from?
mana (Icelandic) comes from English manâ, from Maori manâ, from Proto-Polynesian mana, from Proto-Oceanic mana.
Ancestry of “mana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | manâ | — |
| 2 | Maori | manâ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | mana | power |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | mana | — |