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Although the Budini left no written records of their own, their name itself offers useful linguistic evidence. The root bu- appears more frequently in Slavic languages than in Baltic ones (compare, for example, budem “will be” and budit “to awaken”). A later Slavic tribe inhabiting roughly the same region, the Buzhans bore a closely related name and may have been near or even direct successors of the Budini.

Conclusion: The linguistic parallels suggest that the Buzhans could have been descendants of the Budini, supporting a Proto-Slavic rather than a Baltic or Uralic origin for the Budini.

The Neuri were an ancient Baltic population that would become a substrate for modern East Slavs, making Polissian Slavs more closely related to the Neuri than any existing Baltic group. The group was also linked directly to Proto Slavic groups in older Eastern European studies but modern scholars suggest they were Balts who would eventually become Slavic. The Proto Slavic groups that would exist during the time of the Neuri were the Aroteres (Scythian Ploughmen) and Budini.

List Of Corresponding Archaeological Cultures:

Neuri ——> Milograd Culture
Aroteres ——> Chernoles Culture
Budini ——> Yukhnov culture

List Of Closest Living Descendants:

Neuri ——> Polissian Slavs
Aroteres ——> Central Ukrainians
Budini ——> Northern Ukrainians & South Belarusians