Osmo
Finnish
Etymology
Taken from the Kalevala, a term for a young man, or possibly from dialectal osma (“wolverine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈosmo/, [ˈo̞s̠mo̞]
- Rhymes: -osmo
- Syllabification(key): Os‧mo
Proper noun
Osmo
- 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.
- Eipä nouse Osmon ohra, / Ei kasva Kalevan kaura / Ilman maan alistamatta, / Ilman kasken kaatamatta, / Tuon tulella polttamatta.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 2:252-256:
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 | — | Osmoineen | |
| Possessive forms of Osmo (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Osmoni | Osmomme |
| 2nd person | Osmosi | Osmonne |
| 3rd person | Osmonsa | |
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/
Related terms
- Osma
References
- Prósper, B. M. (2004) "Varia paleohispanica occidentalia", in Palaeohispanica, 4, page 189.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 303.
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