What's the Scottish equivalent of the prefix "Anglo-"?

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Scotch gets misused and I don't want to join those ranks if it's incorrect.
Celtic seems to cover a wider area.
Pictish seems to be specific to the Northeast.
Gaelic I always assume to be Irish.
All of them seem to have pros and cons but I'm not sure any of them are correct.
Thanks.
Mike.
Edit:
This is for the next census form. Instead of the regular "British" under nationality, I want to put Scottish-European, or the equivelent.

Tuffy · Accepted Answer

You need to explain why in particular you need this. One answer would be to place the 'Scottish' in second place (Franco-Scottish). Another is to use a hyphen. For example, the Northern Irish descended from Scots who immigrated into Ireland in the 18th century are known as Scots-Irish. Don't use 'Scotch', unless you are talking about whisky, a boiled egg fried in minced beef and egg crumbs or 'butter scotch'. the sweetie. Many Scottish people find it offensive.

Correct answer by Tuffy on May 11, 2021

Mr. Infinity · Answer

I think Albano- will do.
Check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba for more info.

Edd · Answer

By analogy from Latin Hibernia giving Hiberno- for Irish, perhaps Caledonia could give Caledono- (so Caledono-French or Caledono-European)? This doesn't seem to be attested that I've been able to find though, but I'd expect it to be fairly well understood after a moment's thought at least in Scotland and probably in most of the UK.
Alternatively given Scotia is also ultimately Latin, Scoto- would probably also fit the bill here, at risk of not sounding quite as poetic (and possibly being read as a typo for Scots-).

What's the Scottish equivalent of the prefix "Anglo-"?

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