Where does “mana” come from?

mana (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian mana, from Proto-Oceanic mana.

mana (Samoan): mana religious or spiritual power

Definitions

  1. mana religious or spiritual power

Ancestry of “mana”, step by step

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