Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit. · To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.
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”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mention*recchenenm
- Inherited-form mentionhrǣċanang · to clear the throat, hawk, spit
- Inherited-form mention*hrākijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hrēkijanągem-pro · to clear one's throat
- Derivation mention*kreg-ine-pro · to caw, crow
- Cognate mentionhrækjais · to hawk, spit
- Cognate mentionräökeli · to induce vomiting
- Cognate mentionrecknbar · to retch, gag
- Cognate mentionreckende · to retch, gag
- Cognate mentionRachende · throat
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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