etymologisissa

Etymologisissa is a Finnish grammatical form of the adjective etymologinen, meaning etymological. It is the inessive plural form used when the adjective modifies a noun in the inessive case and the noun is plural. In practice, etymologisissa describes something that relates to or occurs within etymology, applied to multiple items or contexts.

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. Therefore etymologisissa appears only when the corresponding noun is plural and inessive. This form is common in academic and linguistic writing, where discussions may refer to etymology within specific contexts, studies, or locations. The base adjective forms include etymologinen (singular) and etymologiset (nominative plural); corresponding inflected forms follow the regular Finnish adjective paradigm, with -inen adjectives taking -inen → -is- plus the appropriate case ending.

Usage notes:

- Typical phrases include etymologisissa tutkimuksissa (in etymological studies) and etymologisissa yhteyksissä (in etymological contexts).

- The form signals location or context related to etymology while maintaining plural agreement with the noun.

- It should not be confused with etymologinen (singular) or etymologiset (nominative plural). The choice among these forms depends on the number and grammatical case of the noun it modifies.

Etymology of the base term: etymologia comes from Greek etymon “true sense or origin” and -logia “study of.” The Finnish adjective etymologinen derives from this stem, with standard -inen inflection and corresponding case endings such as -issa for inessive plural.