Osmo

Finnish

Etymology

Taken from the Kalevala, a term for a young man, probably ultimately from osma (“wolverine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈosmo/, [ˈo̞s̠mo̞]
  • Rhymes: -osmo
  • Syllabification(key): Os‧mo

Proper noun

Osmo

  1. a male given name
    • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 2:252-256:
      Eipä nouse Osmon ohra, / Ei kasva Kalevan kaura / Ilman maan alistamatta, / Ilman kasken kaatamatta, / Tuon tulella polttamatta.
      Osmo's barley willl not sprout / Nor the oats of Kaleva grow / Without clearing off the land, / Without cutting out a clearing, / Burning it all off with fire.

Declension
Inflection of Osmo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Osmo Osmot
genitive Osmon Osmojen
partitive Osmoa Osmoja
illative Osmoon Osmoihin
singular plural
nominative Osmo Osmot
accusative nom. Osmo Osmot
gen. Osmon
genitive Osmon Osmojen
partitive Osmoa Osmoja
inessive Osmossa Osmoissa
elative Osmosta Osmoista
illative Osmoon Osmoihin
adessive Osmolla Osmoilla
ablative Osmolta Osmoilta
allative Osmolle Osmoille
essive Osmona Osmoina
translative Osmoksi Osmoiksi
instructive — Osmoin
abessive Osmotta Osmoitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Osmo (type valo)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Osmoni Osmoni
accusative nom. Osmoni Osmoni
gen. Osmoni
genitive Osmoni Osmojeni
partitive Osmoani Osmojani
inessive Osmossani Osmoissani
elative Osmostani Osmoistani
illative Osmooni Osmoihini
adessive Osmollani Osmoillani
ablative Osmoltani Osmoiltani
allative Osmolleni Osmoilleni
essive Osmonani Osmoinani
translative Osmokseni Osmoikseni
instructive — —
abessive Osmottani Osmoittani
comitative — Osmoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Osmosi Osmosi
accusative nom. Osmosi Osmosi
gen. Osmosi
genitive Osmosi Osmojesi
partitive Osmoasi Osmojasi
inessive Osmossasi Osmoissasi
elative Osmostasi Osmoistasi
illative Osmoosi Osmoihisi
adessive Osmollasi Osmoillasi
ablative Osmoltasi Osmoiltasi
allative Osmollesi Osmoillesi
essive Osmonasi Osmoinasi
translative Osmoksesi Osmoiksesi
instructive — —
abessive Osmottasi Osmoittasi
comitative — Osmoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Osmomme Osmomme
accusative nom. Osmomme Osmomme
gen. Osmomme
genitive Osmomme Osmojemme
partitive Osmoamme Osmojamme
inessive Osmossamme Osmoissamme
elative Osmostamme Osmoistamme
illative Osmoomme Osmoihimme
adessive Osmollamme Osmoillamme
ablative Osmoltamme Osmoiltamme
allative Osmollemme Osmoillemme
essive Osmonamme Osmoinamme
translative Osmoksemme Osmoiksemme
instructive — —
abessive Osmottamme Osmoittamme
comitative — Osmoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Osmonne Osmonne
accusative nom. Osmonne Osmonne
gen. Osmonne
genitive Osmonne Osmojenne
partitive Osmoanne Osmojanne
inessive Osmossanne Osmoissanne
elative Osmostanne Osmoistanne
illative Osmoonne Osmoihinne
adessive Osmollanne Osmoillanne
ablative Osmoltanne Osmoiltanne
allative Osmollenne Osmoillenne
essive Osmonanne Osmoinanne
translative Osmoksenne Osmoiksenne
instructive — —
abessive Osmottanne Osmoittanne
comitative — Osmoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Osmonsa Osmonsa
accusative nom. Osmonsa Osmonsa
gen. Osmonsa
genitive Osmonsa Osmojensa
partitive Osmoaan
Osmoansa		 Osmojaan
Osmojansa
inessive Osmossaan
Osmossansa		 Osmoissaan
Osmoissansa
elative Osmostaan
Osmostansa		 Osmoistaan
Osmoistansa
illative Osmoonsa Osmoihinsa
adessive Osmollaan
Osmollansa		 Osmoillaan
Osmoillansa
ablative Osmoltaan
Osmoltansa		 Osmoiltaan
Osmoiltansa
allative Osmolleen
Osmollensa		 Osmoilleen
Osmoillensa
essive Osmonaan
Osmonansa		 Osmoinaan
Osmoinansa
translative Osmokseen
Osmoksensa		 Osmoikseen
Osmoiksensa
instructive — —
abessive Osmottaan
Osmottansa		 Osmoittaan
Osmoittansa
comitative — Osmoineen
Osmoinensa

Galician

Etymology

Documented as Osamo in 1158. A Celtic place name, from Proto-Celtic *uxsamo- (“the uppermost”), from Proto-Celtic *owxs- (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-, "high") + Proto-Celtic *-samo-, a superlative suffix.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔsmo̝/

Proper noun

Osmo m

  1. A parish of Cenlle, Ourense, Galicia.
  • Osma

References
  1. Prósper, B. M. (2004) "Varia paleohispanica occidentalia", in Palaeohispanica, 4, page 189.
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 303.
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