ANCIENT NOMADIC WARRIORS - THE SCYTHIAN

Scythian endonym Skuδa, meaning "archers'", which was derived from the Proto-Indo-European root skewd-, itself meaning lit. 'shooter, archer'.

The name was semantically similar to the endonym of the Sauromatians, *Sa'rumata, meaning "armed with throwing darts and arrows.

Some of the original warriors were absorbed into other tribes as we moved through time past the passing of Christ.

The Scythians looked similar to the populations of Europe, and depictions of Scythian men show them as stocky and powerfully built, with strong facial features and long and thick wavy hair.