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
abessive Osmotta Osmoitta
instructive Osmoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Osmo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
abessive Osmottani Osmoittani
instructive
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
abessive Osmottasi Osmoittasi
instructive
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
abessive Osmottamme Osmoittamme
instructive
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
abessive Osmottanne Osmoittanne
instructive
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
abessive Osmottaan
Osmottansa
Osmoittaan
Osmoittansa
instructive
comitative Osmoineen
Osmoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Statistics

  • Osmo is the 131st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,859 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,492 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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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