Here also he discusses the possible connection of that word with that of Tshud, the title of the vanished supernatural inhabitants of the land amongst the Finns and other "altaic" Turanian tribes of Russia, as in other places he has endeavoured to trace a connection between the Finns and the Feinne.
"A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients"
Edward Tyson
The Northern is sometimes called the Ural-altaic or Ugro-Tataric, and it is divided into five sections, the Tungusic, Mongolic, Turkic, Finnic, and Samoyedic.
"Lectures on The Science of Language"
Max Müller
The southern portion of the altaic mountains has long been inhabited by the Bashkirs, a race considerably mixed with Mongolic blood, savage and ignorant, subjects of Russia, and Mohammedans by faith.
"Lectures on The Science of Language"
Max Müller