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Finnish
- Often grammatically incorrectly spelled with capital initial letter.
Etymology
Grammatically tehdä (“to do”) + the accusative plural of Islanti (“Iceland”). Islanti is used here as generalized proper noun and therefore spelled with small initial letter. Coined in connection with Iceland's surprising success in the European football championship games in 2016.
Verb
tehdä islannit
- (sports) to emulate Iceland, to follow Iceland's footsteps, to have a surprising success, to surprise (positively)
2016 June 28, Silja Massa, “Juhli Islannin jalkapallomenestystä näiden kappaleiden tahdissa”, in YLE, retrieved 27 May 2020:Ehkä vielä jonakin päivänä Suomi tekee Islannit ja pelaa jalkapallon EM-kisoissa.- Maybe one day Finland will emulate Iceland and play in the European Football Championships.
2016 July 3, Joonas Kuisma, “Tour de France alkoi: Chris Froomella vastassa haastajien lisäksi kalju ja tuulinen Mont Ventoux”, in Helsingin Sanomat, retrieved 27 May 2020:Vuonna 1996 Tanskan Bjarne Riis teki islannit ja ajoi voittoon Pariisissa.- In 1996, Bjarne Riis of Denmark surprised and rode his way to victory in Paris.
2019 October 15, Janne Oivio, “Huuhkajat jyrää kohti EM-kisoja – Armenia-voittoa ylistetään maailmalla: ”Suomi tekemässä jalkapallohistoriaa””, in Ilta-Sanomat, retrieved 27 May 2020:Suomi on lähellä tehdä Islannit.- Finland is about to follow Iceland's footsteps.