Where does “mana” come from?

mana (Xavante) comes from Proto-Central Jê *mə̃nə̃, from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn, from Proto-Jê *mbyn.

mana (Xavante): (utterance-medial variant)

Definitions

  1. (utterance-medial variant)

Ancestry of “mana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central Jê*mə̃nə̃—
2Proto-Cerrado*mbyn—
3Proto-Jê*mbyn—
Every word from Proto-Jê *mbyn →Every word from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn →Every word from Proto-Central Jê *mə̃nə̃ →