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Osmo
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Finnish
Etymology
Taken from Finnic folk poetry (including the Kalevala), a term for a young man, probably ultimately from fi osma wolverine wolverine. Adopted as a given name in the late 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male Finnish
1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 2:252-256:
fi 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
Osm o a
Derived terms
fi compounds osmonsolmu
Statistics
dvv_20250813 4455 1486 143
References
fi Finnic mythology
Galician
gl:
Etymology
Documented as Osamo in 1158. A gl cel place name, from gl cel-pro *uxsamo- the uppermost, from gl cel-pro *owxs- (from gl ine-pro *h₃ewps-, "high") + gl cel-pro *-samo-, a superlative suffix.Prósper, B. M. (2004) "Varia paleohispanica occidentalia", in Palaeohispanica, 4, page 189.303.
Pronunciation
gl /ˈɔsmo̝/
Proper noun
m
gl parish mun/Cenlle p/Ourense autonomous community/Galicia
Related terms
es Osma
References