> i'm pretty sure they don't know where it comes from. saw a story recently about them realising some old roman-era object had something written on it in a language that must have been related to early basque   of_irulegi julius caesar said this about there being a group of people in what is now the sw of france (the aquitani): > all gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the belgae inhabit, the aquitani another, those who in their own language are called celts, in ours gauls, the third. all these differ from each other in language, customs and laws. the river garonne separates the gauls from the aquitani   > basque are actually the most 'hunter-gatherer' ethnic group in europe. that's baltic people.  iirc basques are hugely similar to iron age populations of spain
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