English
spithole
From spit + hole.
Proto-Indo-European *speyd- ‘sharp’
Proto-Germanic *spitō ‘rod’
Old English spitu ‘rod on which meat is cooked’
Middle English spit
English spit
Proto-Germanic *hulaz ‘hollow’
Proto-Germanic *hulą ‘hollow space’
Proto-West Germanic *hol ‘hollow space, cavity’
Old English hol ‘hole, hollow place’
Middle English hole
English hole
Today it means
noun A person's mouth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spithole