claim: The Romani people got to Mid-West Asia approximately 1,000 years ago.
evidence: In England and Scotland , a toft village is a settlement comprising small and relatively closely packed farms -LRB- tofts -RRB- with the surrounding land owned and farmed by those who live in the village 's buildings .. England. England. Scotland. Scotland. settlement. Human settlement. Late Old English toft , with Old English declension -LRB- plural -RRB- toftas > tofts .. Old English. Old English. Old English declension. Old English declension. Toft as a placename element is usually dated to the Viking Age by place-name historians .. placename. placename. Viking Age. Viking Age. Toft. Toft ( disambiguation ). Placenames ending in - toft are usually of Old Norse derivation , topt meaning `` site of a house '' .. Old Norse. Old Norse. Examples are Langtoft , Habertoft , Huttoft , Knaptoft , Lowestoft , Newtoft , Scraptoft , Sibbertoft , Stowlangtoft , Wibtoft , Yelvertoft and various places simply called Toft in the former Danelaw .. Langtoft. Langtoft ( disambiguation ). Habertoft. Habertoft. Huttoft. Huttoft. Knaptoft. Knaptoft. Lowestoft. Lowestoft. Newtoft. Newtoft. Scraptoft. Scraptoft. Sibbertoft. Sibbertoft. Stowlangtoft. Stowlangtoft. Wibtoft. Wibtoft. Yelvertoft. Yelvertoft. Toft. Toft ( disambiguation ). Danelaw. Danelaw. This typical Old Norse element allows to estimate the extension of Scandinavian settlements in the Middle Ages such as in Schleswig-Holstein -LRB- - toft  : Langstoft , Havetoft , Koltoft , Goltoft , Kaltoft ... -RRB- , Normandy -LRB- - tot  : Lanquetot , Colletot , Caltot , Hottot , Hotot ... -RRB- , etc. .. Old Norse. Old Norse. Middle Ages. Middle Ages. Schleswig-Holstein. Schleswig-Holstein. Langstoft. Langstoft. Havetoft. Havetoft. Koltoft. :de :Struxdorf. Goltoft. Goltoft. Kaltoft. Kaltoft. Normandy. Normandy. Lanquetot. Lanquetot. Colletot. Colletot. Caltot. Caltot. Hottot. Hottot-les-Bagues. Hotot. Hotot-en-Auge