Where does “manâ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “manâ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianmanapower
2Proto-Oceanicmana—

Words derived from “manâ”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic mana →Every word from Proto-Polynesian mana →