Where does “manâ” come from?

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

manâ (Tongan): miracle

Definitions

  1. miracle

Ancestry of “manâ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianmanapower
2Proto-Oceanicmana—
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