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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*rōkijaną

2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną, most common first.

reckTo take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to heed, to regard.
retchTo make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.