MORAVIAN-SILESIAN LOCAL NAMES WITH THE WORD ROOT brt-, OR vcel- (Moravskoslezska pomistni jmena se zakladem brt-, event. vcel-)

The article deals with the motivational and structural analysis of local names with the root brt-, or vcel- in Moravia and Silesia. The gathered local names were compared with the Slovak local names containing the root vcel-, which are recorded in the paper 'Vcelarske terminy vclin a ul v slovenskej toponymii' (The apicultural terms 'apiary' and 'beehive' in the Slovak toponymy) by J. R. Niznansky. The recorded local names with the root vcel- document the distribution of the beehive apiculture in the regions of Moravia, Silesia (cf. also the map No. 2) and Slovakia. The bee keeping in the facilities named brt (a cavernous tree used as a bee hive of forest bees) has not developed in Slovakia, contrary to Moravia and Silesia (cf. also the map No. 1), therefore the names with this root are totally missing.