retch

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”).

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”).

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.