Where does “manâ” come from?

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

manâ (Rapa Nui): power

Definitions

  1. power

Ancestry of “manâ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianmanapower
2Proto-Oceanicmana—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic mana →