Brykała – zasięg regionalny (krakowski?) i etymologia

The article is a lexical and historical-etymological study of the brykała/brykacz unit, recognized for example in ethnographic sources, as Krakow regionalism. author, reviewing various sources from linguistics, ethnography, history cultural history, well military, considers four aspects functioning this lexeme Polish language: semantic, geographical, social (first part article) etymological (second article). This analysis allows to determine geographical range (generalizing, eastern Poland – macroregionalism) (bread consumed its nutritional value, mainly by soldiers). etymology word remains uncertain, although author has managed formulate some hypotheses indicating source word: (1) East Slavic loan, referring rus. briaknut' ‘to pass moisture, swell’ or meaning; (2) verb brykać generalized core bryk- oppose’; (3) brykała, originally kind millet flour (< ber, brzyk > bryk), then dish made it ‘a bread brzyka bryka’).