Where does “mana” come from?

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

mana (Polish): mana

Definitions

  1. mana

Ancestry of “mana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimanâ—
2Proto-Polynesianmanapower
3Proto-Oceanicmana—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic mana →Every word from Proto-Polynesian mana →Every word from Maori manâ →