maankohoaminen

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (geology) upthrust upward movement of part of the Earth's crust
  • (geology) postglacial rebound such movement observed in areas formerly covered by continental ice

Etymology

Compound from Finnish maa (land, earth, country, ground, soil, of land, nation, of earth, country's, earth's, of country) + Finnish kohoaminen (rise, rising).

Origin

Finnish

kohoaminen

Gloss

rise, rising

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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