spit
English
/spɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spit inherited from Old English spitu (rod on which meat is cooked, spit) inherited from Proto-Germanic *spitō (rod, skewer, spike) derived from Proto-Indo-European *spid- inherited from Middle English spiten (put on a spit, impale) root from Proto-Indo-European *spid-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*spid-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- bat English
- batspit English
- bespew English
- bespit English
- box English
- braai English
- bug English
- fire English
- outspit English
- poison English
- sand English
- sandspit English
- shine English
- spew English
- spewage English
- spewer English
- spewest English
- speweth English
- spewy English
- spit-ball English
- spit-poison English
- spitball English
- spitballer English
- spitbox English
- spitbraai English
- spitbraaied English
- spitbug English
- spitfire English
- spitful English
- spitless English
- spitpoison English
- spitshine English
- spitstick English
- spitter English
- spittest English
- spitteth English
- spittoon English
- spitty English
- spud English
- spuddy English
- spudless English
- spudlike English
- stick English
- turn English
- turnspit English
- unspit English
- Spieß German
- Spießbürger German
- Spießrute German
- Spitze German
- spießen German
- braadspit Dutch, Flemish
- spit Dutch, Flemish
- espeto Spanish, Castilian
- *spid- Proto-Indo-European
- espetar Portuguese
- espeto Portuguese
- *speutą Proto-Germanic
- *spituz Proto-Germanic
- *spitō Proto-Germanic
- gråspett Swedish
- hackspett Swedish
- järnspett Swedish
- spett Swedish
- spettekaka Swedish
- spitu Old English
- bispitten Middle English
- spewen Middle English
- spit Middle English
- spiten Middle English
- spudde Middle English
- espetada Galician
- espeteira Galician
- espeto Galician
- espicho Galician
- espita Galician
- spit Middle Dutch
- spiȥ Middle High German
- *𐍃𐍀𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- espeto Old Portuguese
- spiit Westrobothnian
- spet Tok Pisin
- spet Torres Strait Creole
- box
- bug
- bat
- fire
- sand
- spud
- spew
- ball
- turn
- spewy
- shine
- braai
- stick
- spewer
- spuddy
- poison
- spitty
- unspit
- bespit
- bespew
- spewage
- spewest
- spitbug
- spitter
- spitbox
- spitful
- outspit
- batspit
- speweth
- spitball
- spitless
- spittest
- turnspit
- spudless
- sandspit
- spittoon
- spitfire
- spudlike
- spitteth
- spitshine
- spit-ball
- spitbraai
- spitstick
- spitballer
- spitpoison
- spitbraaied
- spit-poison