English
Osmond
Osmond comes from Old Norse Ásmundr.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Ásmundr
- EnglishtodayOsmond
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Ásmundr
- EnglishtodayOsmond
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’
The story
Later merged with a Norman French Osmond, Osmont, Omont from the same Old Norse root.
Every English word from Old Norse Ásmundr
Today it means
name A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Ásmundr / Osmond