Z polskiej etymologii gwarowej .......... 241
Synopsis
FROM POLISH DIALECTAL ETYMOLOGY
The analyses the development of 25 etymological entries for words starting with the letter “b”, covering selected vocabulary from Lesser Polish dialects. It focuses on lexical units with uncertain and unclear origins, and also those for which previous attempts to unravel their origins have proven erroneous or unsatisfactory. The analysed words are: bacha, baja, bajdak, baka, bakun, balaban, bałabuchy, bałachwasty, bałamut, bałda, bałyk, bandos, banduch, baraba, barakan, barchatki, barowac się, basałyga, bask, bastrąg, baszłyk/baśnik, belbas, bezera, bicz, bląg.