retch

retch · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kreg-“to caw, crow”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrēkijaną“to clear one's throat”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hrākijan
4. Old English · inherited fromhrǣċan“to clear the throat, hawk, spit”
5. Middle English · inherited from*recchen
6. English todayretch

From Middle English *recchen, *rechen (attested in arechen), hræcen (“to cough up”), from Old English hrǣċan (“to clear the throat, hawk, spit”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrākijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrēkijaną (“to clear one's throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Icelandic hrækja (“to hawk, spit”), Limburgish räöke (“to induce vomiting”), Bavarian reckn (“to retch, gag”) and German recken (“to retch, gag”). Also related with German Rachen (“throat”).

retch · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*reǵ-“straight, right, just”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rōkijaną“to care”
3. Old English · derived fromrēċċan
4. Middle English · inherited fromrecchen“to care; heed”
5. English todayretch

From Middle English recchen (“to care; heed”), from Old English rēċċan, variant of rēċan (“to care; reck”), from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, right, just”).

retch · verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*h₃roǵéyeti
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rakjaną“to straighten, stretch”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rakkjan
4. Old English · inherited fromreċċan“to stretch, extend”
5. Middle English · inherited fromrecchen
6. English todayretch

From Middle English recchen, from Old English reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to straighten, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

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