tap or spout for drawing maple sugar, 1844, from Northern English dialect spile "splinter" (1510s), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile "splinter, skewer, bar, spindle," German Speiler "skewer;" perhaps related to spike (n.1).
spigot
spike
spiked
spikenard
spiky
spile
spill
spillage
spillover
spillway
spilth