English
Osman
Osman comes from Old Norse Ásmundr.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Ásmundr
- EnglishtodayOsman
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Ásmundr
- EnglishtodayOsman
A compound of áss ‘a god’ + mund ‘protection, hand’
Proto-Indo-European meh₂- ‘to beckon’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ ‘the beckoning one’
Proto-Germanic *mundō ‘hand’
Old Norse mund ‘protection, hand’
Every English word from Old Norse Ásmundr
Another origin of Osman
- Arabicc. 500–presentعُثْمَانʕuṯmān
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928عثمانosmân
- EnglishtodayOsman
Widely used as an anglicization of cognate names across the Islamic world, including Somali Cismaan, Persian عثمان (usmān /osmân), Malay Usman, and even Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) itself.
Today it means
name A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Osmond, rare in English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Ásmundr / Osman