what nation did scythians become
They, or a related group, invaded northern India and became the Indo-Scythians. Near the end of this article is a list of peoples that have been called Scythians. Oswald SzemerÃ©nyi studied the various words for Scythian and gave the following. Most descend from the Indo-European root *skeud-, meaning propel, shoot (cognate with English shoot).