Pechts

The term Pechts (, modern , ) refers tae the tribes that Mediterranean clessical-era writers pit in Caledonie, whit itsel comprises the pairt o praisent-day Scotland north o the Forth an Clyde.

Pecht first kythes in a panegyric written bi Eumenius in AD 297. Tho Picti is for ordinar taen tae mean 'pentit' or 'tattoo'd' in Laitin, the term micht hae a Celtic oreegin. The Goidelic Celts micht hae cried the Pechts cruithne (e.g. Auld Erse cru(i)then-túath, foondit on the auld Erse ruit cruth Early Welsh *kwriteno-teutā) or the mair modren pryd or  prydyn as the Brythonic Celts were kent. Geoffrey o Monmouth cried tham Huns.

In Scots fowklore, the Scots leid is frae the Pechts, no frae Ingls. Pecht leid, the predecessor to the Scots leid, wis a Germanic leid allied tae Auld Ingls. This theory, advancit in 1710 bi Sir Robbert Sibbald remains lore amang muckle Scots speakers."According to this theory Pictish, the supposed ancestor of Scots, was not simply a 'Gothic' or Germanic language, but one of Scandinavian origin akin to Norwegian, Danish and Swedish." Review of Scottish Culture, Issue 9, page 32

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