--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "John <jdcroft@...>"
<jdcroft@...> wrote:

> Hi Folks
>
> The idea that the Scots descended from the Scythians or Sarmatians

is

> a medieval idea wen there was an attempt to trace all known people
> back to the sons of Noah. Ashkenaz became a "catch all" for Celtic
> and Germanic people, who were of course, unknown to the Writers of
> the Biblical Book of Nations at the period between 720 and 627 BCE
> (When this table was probably composed).
>
> Basically, a Biblical chronology was strapped in front of the

ancient

> Gaelic and Anglo-Saxon ones.
>
> Regards
>
> John
>

But is there evidence which either shows that the Scots did not
descend from the Scythians or Sarmatians, or which shows where else
they did originate from ?
Maps i've seen indicate that the Celts originated from that general
direction, would they instead have been living alongside the
Scythians and Sarmatians ?

> --- In nostratic@yahoogroups.com, "matt6219" <matt62@...> wrote:
> > --- 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 ?