--- In nostratic@..., erobert52@... wrote:

> In a message dated 25/10/02 00:55:54 GMT Daylight Time,

ardfilidh@...

> writes:
>
>
> > i went looking at the scythian/alan/sarmat sourses. they seem to

be

> > turkic.
> >
> > the leabhear gabala syas they are one of tewo branches who were

the

> > ancient ancestors of gaels--oh well--perhaps this was from the
> > reincarnated druid?
> >
> >
> >
>
> The idea that the Scots are descended from the Scythians is just

another

> folk etymology with no more basis than the fact that the words

look alike,

> the same as Iberia & Iveria, Abkhazia and Abyssinia etc.
>
> Ed.

Is this so certain ? Has it been shown that the Scots definitely
originated elsewhere ?