The verb is derived from the noun, or from Middle English spiten ( “ to put on a spit to impale ” ), from spit, spite: see above. The English word is cognate with Dutch spit, Low German Spitt ( “ pike, spear spike skewer spit ” ), Danish spid, Swedish spett ( “ skewer spit type of crowbar ” ). The noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte ( “ rod on which meat is cooked rod used as a torture instrument short spear point of a spear spine in the fin of a fish pointed object dagger symbol land projecting into the sea ” ), from Old English spitu ( “ rod on which meat is cooked spit ” ), from Proto-Germanic *spitō ( “ rod skewer spike ” ), *spituz ( “ rod on which meat is cooked stick ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *spid-, *spey- ( “ sharp sharp stick ” ). ( Received Pronunciation, General American ) IPA ( key): /spɪt/.A spit as a landform (sense 2): an aerial photograph of Farewell Spit at the northern tip of the South Island of New Zealand
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