Where does “manatū” come from?

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

Ancestry of “manatū”, step by step

manatū traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori manâ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimanâ—
2Proto-Polynesianmanapower
3Proto-Oceanicmana—

via Proto-Indo-European tū-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantū-—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic mana →